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| Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug, whose legal name is Xavier Landum, is shown in a Feb. 26, 2025, booking photo released by the Arlington Police Department following a separate marijuana-possession arrest. Landum was arrested again Aug. 21, 2026, by Allen police and booked into the Collin County Jail on DWI, marijuana and firearm charges. (Arlington Police Department, file) |
The Dallas rapper, whose legal name is Xavier Landum, was arrested Friday by Allen police and booked into the Collin County Jail.
Jail records list three charges: driving while intoxicated, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm.
What led to those charges has not been made public.
Allen Police Department spokesperson Sam Rippamonti confirmed the arrest Friday evening and said the investigation remains active. The department declined to provide additional details.
No publicly available account reviewed Friday explained where the arrest occurred, what prompted officers to encounter Landum or the evidence underlying the DWI and firearm allegations.
The charges are accusations. Landum has not been convicted in connection with Friday’s arrest.
The date adds an unusual wrinkle to his latest legal trouble.
Landum was also arrested Aug. 21, 2025, after Dallas police stopped his pickup truck on Great Trinity Forest Way because it did not have a front license plate.
Police said they found marijuana and firearms in the vehicle.
Dallas County records show Landum was booked early the following morning on charges of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was later released after posting $5,000 bond.
That arrest came on the eve of the Aug. 22 release of “I Hope You’re Happy,” the album that accelerated BigXthaPlug’s push beyond Southern rap and into country music.
The project paired him with artists including Darius Rucker, Jelly Roll, Bailey Zimmerman, Luke Combs, Shaboozey, Ella Langley and Thomas Rhett.
Friday’s arrest also coincided with a canceled performance several hundred miles away.
BigXthaPlug had been scheduled to perform Friday at Country Rising Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The festival announced on its official website that he would not appear because of a “personal emergency.”
Country Rising did not identify the emergency or say that Landum’s arrest was the reason for his absence.
The show continued without him.
Attention now turns to BigXthaPlug’s next scheduled performance.
As of late Friday, the fair’s official website still listed BigXthaPlug as the headliner and continued to offer tickets for the concert. No cancellation or lineup change had been announced.
The Iowa date comes during a period in which BigXthaPlug has pushed well beyond the Southern rap audience that first made him a breakout act. His 2024 album “Take Care” debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, while “I Hope You’re Happy” debuted at No. 7 and further developed the country-rap crossover that has become a major part of his recent work.
“All the Way,” his collaboration with Bailey Zimmerman, reached No. 1 on both Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs and Hot Country Songs charts — an unusual overlap reflected in a State Fair booking that pairs the Dallas rapper with Iowa-born country artist XOLEX.
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