{"id":413513,"date":"2026-08-22T03:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413513\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T03:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:50:28","slug":"dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-by-allen-police-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413513\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug arrested by Allen police, records show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/bigxthaplug\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BigXthaPlug <\/a>was arrested Friday and booked into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/collin-county\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin County<\/a> jail on charges of driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jail records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier\u00a0Landum, 27, who performs under the stage name BigXthaPlug, was taken into custody Friday by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/allen\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen <\/a>Police Department, court records show. He faces charges of driving while intoxicated, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Details of what led to the arrest were not immediately available. Landum remained in the Collin County jail as of late Friday, according jail records.<\/p>\n<p>He was released on bond in that case.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/2025\/02\/26\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-in-arlington-for-marijuana-possession\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also faced<\/a> a marijuana possession charge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/arlington\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington<\/a> earlier in 2025; those charges were later dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Landum, a Dallas native, rose to prominence with hits including \u201cTexas\u201d and \u201cMmhmm.\u201d He has drawn attention for blending hip-hop with country influences and collaborating with artists such as Luke Combs, Jelly Roll and Shaboozey.<\/p>\n<p>He has spoken publicly in the past about earlier jail stints that motivated him to pursue music.<\/p>\n<p>No further comment was immediately available from Landum\u2019s representatives or law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug was arrested Friday and booked into the Collin County jail on charges of driving while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,95603,94256,103557,88338],"class_list":["post-413513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-news-crime","tag-tp-allen","tag-tp-bigxthaplug","tag-tp-collin-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}