Rapper Big Freedia has been in a longterm relationship with her boyfriend Devon Hurst and got engaged to him in 2017. Does she have any kids?
The rapper Big Freedia has been making music for years. She’s had her music in a number of commercials, she performed the spoken word interlude in Beyoncé’s “Formation,” and she has become an icon in the LGBTQ+ community. On top of that, she’s an author who has shared the struggles growing up around poverty and drugs that helped her become the Queen of Bounce Music.
Big Freedia is coming back to FuseTv with a new show, Big Freedia Means Business. The series premiered in June 2023. Like her first Fuse series, her new Tv show follows the Queen of Bounce as she continues her career.
But what about her personal life? Big Freedia has had so many successes in her career, but she tends to keep her love life private. Some people believe she got married, but here’s what we know about what actually happened.
Is Big Freedia married?
Even though Freedia doesn’t talk about it much, she’s been with the same man for over 12 years. Around 2017, she was engaged to be married to a guy named Duke-Hussein aka Devon Hurst. This was a big deal for her considering she used to date guys who were closeted about their sexuality before him. She told WNYC Studios that the two met in Houston.
Even though they did get engaged and even made it to the wedding chapel, ultimately, they didn’t get married. On Freedia’s former reality show Big Freedia Bounces Back, there is a flashback in a deleted scene where we do see her leaving Devon at the altar. During the scene, we see her riding away from the venue on the phone with someone, saying, “I could not do this.”
In that deleted scene, Devon asks Freedia why she ran away from their wedding even though she said she was ready to get married. He calls her a runaway bride. “I didn’t go through with the wedding at the chapel because I still have so much hanging over my head,” she said in a confessional. “I have legal issues. Most importantly, I’m focused on my career because if I don’t work, we don’t eat.”
Are Big Freedia and Devon still together?
Yes, it looks like even though Freedia and Devon didn’t get married back in 2017, they are still together and going strong. On Valentine’s Day, 2021, Freedia posted the two of them on her Instagram. “Happy Lovers Day from us to you and yours,” she said in the caption with a bunch of heart emojis.
It’s reported that Freedia and Devon met thanks to mutual friends. She told WNYC Studios that she met him while she was living in Houston for two years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
As of right now, it looks like Freedia and Devon are still engaged, but there’s no word on when the two will actually get married or if they’ve made plans. She did say on her reality show that she wants to focus on her career to make sure that they will be taken care of, but she didn’t say what exactly that means for her or when she would feel comfortable making the commitment.
Big Freedia is back on Tv with a new Fuse Tv show
The newest season of Fuse’s most-watched docuseries continues Freedia’s professional journey from New Orleans phenomenon to national headliner. But this time around, the bounce music legend is shaking up the business world with ventures in a hotel, a record label, eyewear, purses, a cannabis line, and “Big Freedia Means Business!”
“I MEAN EXACTLY THAT. BUSINESS,” FREEDIA TOLD BLACK ENTERPRISE OF THE DOCUSERIES’ NEW SEASON.
“I will be this business mogul that will be taking over the business world, letting people see the ups and downs of the business world in my business ventures, the hotel, the record label, the cannabis, the makeup, the eyewear, the press on nails, the whole Big Freedia experience.”
She attend the priemer party with her partner and friends and shared some mmoments on her Instagram page.
Cameras go inside the Grammy award winner’s board room meetings where there’s always time for a quick twerk session, and Freedia’s construction site visits to oversee the development of Hotel Freedia. All while recording songs for Freedia’s first LP in nine years “Central City.”
The Bounce music pioneer is coming big in the month of June with the release of a new show, a cannabis line, a cosmetics line, a new album, and a summer tour to go with it! The show sees Freedia’s manager try to reel the New Orleans native in when it comes to taking on so many big projects at once.
But Big Freedia is focused on the hustle and inspiring the next generation of movers and shakers.
“It’s been a lot of work, a lot of hard work and determination, lots of conversations, lots of meetings, but great opportunities for me to want to inspire young people out there or anybody who wants to be in the business world, to become a business owner or business leader, you know, a CEO, a boss, you know, all of the great things,” Freedia.
Press play below for the full interview and be sure to catch “Big Freedia Means Business” June 7 on Fuse, and stream “Central City” on June 23.
Does Big Freedia have any children?
Per reports, Big Freedia has a daughter whose name is Tootie Tootz.
Back in November 2016, the rapper mentioned in a Facebook post that it was her daughter’s birthday.
Further, in 2020, Freedia claimed that her daughter was doing something big and even requested her fans to help the cause.
For now, she hasn’t posted any pictures of her family member on the internet. It is not sure if she has children as she likes to keep her personal life far from the Internet.
Freedia demonstrated a preference for “fluid” pronouns and a lack of choice for any specific pronoun in 2018 and 2020. She calls herself a gay man who responds to both he or she pronouns.