Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug was booked into the Dallas County jail early Friday morning, records show.
The 27-year-old artist, born Xavier Landum, is facing charges of possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and unlawful carrying of a firearm.
On Thursday night, Dallas police pulled over a vehicle they observed driving without a front license plate near the outskirts of Pleasant Grove, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Officers asked the driver, whom they later identified as Landum, if he had any guns in the car. He told them there was one under an armrest.
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When the officers ran a background check on Landum, they found his name in an Arlington Police Department gang database. They then asked Landum to get out of the car.
Police searched the car and found a rolling paper with a substance believed to be marijuana.
Landum was later taken to the Dallas Police’s headquarters and interviewed by an officer on the gang unit.
Two passengers who were in the car were not taken into custody.
Dallas County judge Janet Lusk set Landum’s bail at $5,000. Jail records showed the rapper was released by Friday evening.
His publicist did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. CBS News was first to report the arrest.
Landum was scheduled to make an appearance at a release party for his country-crossover album, I Hope You’re Happy, at a night club near Deep Ellum on Thursday night.
He was also expected to hold another release party at a Wingstop in Dallas on Friday night. That event has since been canceled.
Landum first came to fame with his 2022 song “Texas.” His 2024 album, Take Care, reached Billboard’s Top 10 and recently went platinum.
His newest album, I Hope You’re Happy, dropped Friday and features prominent country singers including Jelly Roll, Luke Combs and Shaboozey.
This is the second time Landum has been arrested in North Texas this year. In February, he was booked into Arlington City Jail on a similar marijuana charge.
The rapper also served time in an Austin jail around 2018 and 2019 related to a felony burglary charge, according to Travis County records. He began writing poetry and rhymes while in solitary confinement, Rolling Stone reported last year.
BigXthaPlug’s Wingstop album release party canceled after marijuana, firearms arrest
The party, which fans had a chance to enter, was set for Friday night at a North Texas Wingstop.
BigXthaPlug to throw album release party at a Dallas Wingstop today
The Big D rapper released a country album titled “I Hope You’re Happy” on Friday.