Big Dipper

Dan Stermer is an American rapper and podcaster known professionally as Big Dipper.

Early life and education Stermer was raised in Evanston, Illinois. His mother is Jewish, and his father is Christian. Stermer was raised in a Jewish household and attended Sunday school at a Reform synagogue. He first began performing at the age of eight in a children's theater production of The Wizard of Oz. In his youth, Stermer tried learning several instruments, including the cello, piano, trumpet, tuba and the drums, before realizing that he enjoyed acting in stage plays more. In the 1990s, he began listening to hip hop and rap, around the age of nine. He had a bar mitzvah in the eighth grade, and was confirmed in 10th grade after taking more Jewish studies classes.

Stermer graduated from Ithaca College in 2007, where he studied theater.

Career Stermer wrote his first song at the age of 25. , he is based in Los Angeles. In 2019, he was a headliner at Washington, DC's Capital Pride.

On August 24, 2018, Big Dipper released his debut album, Late Bloomer. He had cohosted the podcast Unbearable with Meatball, a fellow bear and drag queen. On the program, Big Dipper and Meatball interview a variety of celebrities, primarily within or allied-with the LGBT community, including actors, adult film stars, comedians, drag queens and other performers.

Artistry Big Dipper's minstrel-style work is often explicit and involves themes of sex and humor.

Personal life Big Dipper is gay and identifies as a member of the bear community. "Summertime Realness" "LaCroix Boi" "Skank" "Dick in a Box" "Meat Quotient" "Cut Up" "Pressed" "That Nut" "Lookin" "Let's Talk about PrEP"