{"id":54991,"date":"2025-11-18T19:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/54991\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:22:08","slug":"dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-grapevine-raised-post-malone-team-up-on-country-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/54991\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug, Grapevine-raised Post Malone team up on country song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/bigxthaplug\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/bigxthaplug\/\">BigXthaPlug<\/a> and Grapevine-raised musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/post-malone\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/post-malone\/\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s long-awaited country duet, \u201cCold,\u201d comes out on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The two North Texas-bred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/02\/14\/are-bigxthaplug-and-post-malone-making-country-music-together\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artists<\/a> were seen hanging in a dimly lit recording studio in a February Instagram post. Malone had dropped his 2024 country crossover project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/08\/13\/post-malone-goes-full-on-country-with-nashville-certified-f-1-trillion\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/08\/13\/post-malone-goes-full-on-country-with-nashville-certified-f-1-trillion\/\">F-1 Trillion<\/a> months before, while BigX was teasing his own foray into the genre. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">It seemed a collaboration was imminent. But when BigX\u2019s album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/06\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-announces-country-album-i-hope-youre-happy\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/06\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-announces-country-album-i-hope-youre-happy\/\">I Hope You\u2019re Happy<\/a> came out in August, it featured several young Nashville stars, yet no song with Posty. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI sat in the studio so many times with Post Malone,\u201d BigX told Billboard in late August. \u201cHe just been busy nonstop.\u201d BigX added that \u201cyou never know if there\u2019s a deluxe coming out\u201d with Malone and Morgan Wallen, whose schedule also didn\u2019t align for the album. \u201cSo, can\u2019t just hang it up just yet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Malone recently concluded his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/10\/hometown-hero-post-malone-sold-out-the-att-stadium\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/10\/hometown-hero-post-malone-sold-out-the-att-stadium\/\">Big Ass Stadium Tour<\/a> in support of F-1 Trillion, although he has a not-so-small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/11\/16\/post-malone-dallas-cowboys-thanksgiving-halftime-show\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/11\/16\/post-malone-dallas-cowboys-thanksgiving-halftime-show\/\">halftime show<\/a> next week at the Thanksgiving game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Grapevine High School alum posted a photo on Instagram of him and BigX sitting around a bonfire with a snippet of the song \u201cCold.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A clip also circulated on social media, apparently showing the artists filming a music video, which BigX reposted to his Instagram story. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/17\/where-janet-jackson-paula-abdul-hung-out-in-dallas-this-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763493728_484_PDMWZAPIX5G5NKYKL5CSFHW2RI.jpg\" alt=\"ICON Award recipient Janet Jackson arrives at the Gala of the Stars, an annual benefit...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/17\/where-janet-jackson-paula-abdul-hung-out-in-dallas-this-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul hung out in Dallas this weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a blast to the \u201880s pop past.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/07\/christmas-holiday-concerts-d-fw-andrea-bocelli-leslie-odom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" 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