{"id":1016227,"date":"2026-08-22T03:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1016227\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T03:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:11:16","slug":"dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-by-allen-police-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1016227\/","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":3,"featured_media":1016228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,325482,358,371625,406561,326776,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1016227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-news-crime","tag-texas","tag-tp-allen","tag-tp-bigxthaplug","tag-tp-collin-county","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117136974898473143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}