{"id":1016353,"date":"2026-08-22T04:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1016353\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T04:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:34:19","slug":"rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-in-collin-county-on-multiple-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1016353\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper BigXthaPlug arrested in Collin County on multiple charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>COLLIN COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; Xavier Landum, the Dallas rapper who goes by the stage name BigXthaPlug, was arrested on Friday and booked into the Collin County Jail on multiple charges.<\/p>\n<p> BigXthaPlug arrested   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1317.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Xavier Landum (BigXthaPlug), 27 (CTSY: Collin County Jail) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Court records show Landum was arrested by the Allen Police Department and booked into the Collin County Jail on Friday, August 21.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Collin County Jail website states Landum has been charged with driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession of less than 2 ounces, and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">BigXthaPlug was scheduled to perform at the Country Rising Festival on Friday, but missed his apparearance with what the festival called a &#8220;personal emergency&#8221; on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcUjbtyAIQ1\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">We don&#8217;t know the details that led to Landum&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p> Who is BigXthaPlug?  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Xavier Landum is a Dallas native who began his music career in 2023. He started writing songs while in jail, including his breakout single &#8220;Texas.&#8221; After the success of his debut album, Landum launched his own record label.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He has a significant online presence, with 19.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify. His most streamed song, &#8220;Mmhmm,&#8221; has garnered over 548 million streams.<\/p>\n<p> BigXthaPlug previous arrests  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Aug. 21 marks exactly one year since Landum was arrested in Dallas for marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">His Aug. 2025 arrest came on the same day his album &#8220;I Hope You&#8217;re Happy&#8221; was released, and was his second arrest in North Texas of 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In Feb. 2025, Landum was arrested in Arlington for marijuana possession. Those charges were later dismissed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this story comes from Collin County Jail records and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLIN COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Xavier Landum, the Dallas rapper who goes by the stage name BigXthaPlug, was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1016354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7583,6082,1596,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1016353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-collin-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-dallas","tag-news","tag-texas","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\/117137303476566541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016353","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=1016353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}