{"id":166908,"date":"2025-08-22T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166908\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:30:10","slug":"dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-after-album-release-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166908\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug arrested after album release party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update: <\/p>\n<p>This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/bigxthaplug\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/bigxthaplug\/\">BigXthaPlug<\/a> was arrested and booked into the Dallas County jail early Friday morning, records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The booking did not list a charge or give further information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/bigxthaplug-arrested-in-dallas-early-friday-after-new-ablum-dropped\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/bigxthaplug-arrested-in-dallas-early-friday-after-new-ablum-dropped\/\">CBS<\/a> was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">BigX, born Xavier Landum, celebrated on Thursday night the release of his new country-crossover 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=\"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>, at a night club near Deep Ellum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The 27-year-old artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/22\/bigxthaplug-to-throw-album-release-party-at-a-d-fw-wingstop-today\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/22\/bigxthaplug-to-throw-album-release-party-at-a-d-fw-wingstop-today\/\">was expected to hold another album release party at a Wingstop<\/a> in the D-FW area on Friday night. It\u2019s unclear if that event is still on. <\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Landum first came to fame with his 2022 song \u201cTexas.\u201d His 2024 album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/10\/28\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-began-writing-music-while-in-jail\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/10\/28\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-began-writing-music-while-in-jail\/\">Take Care<\/a>, reached Billboard\u2019s Top Ten and recently made platinum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">His newest album, I Hope You\u2019re Happy, dropped Friday and features prominent country singers including Jelly Roll, Luke Combs and Shaboozey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update: This story is breaking and will be updated. 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