Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug was arrested in Collin County and booked into the Collin County Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession, and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to jail records. The arrest, on Friday, came less than 24 hours before the 27-year-old was set to headline the Iowa State Fair’s Grandstand stage in Des Moines, and it followed a missed appearance the same night at a North Texas festival.
The Allen Police Department made the arrest, and Public Information Officer Sam Rippamonti confirmed to CBS News Texas that Xavier Landum, the rapper’s legal name, was booked into the Collin County Jail, though officers could not release further details because the investigation remains active. As reported by FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, jail records list the charges as DWI, marijuana possession of less than two ounces, and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Landum’s tickets for the Iowa State Fair show had been on sale since April, and organizers had announced him as a Grandstand headliner for Saturday. Per KCCI, the arrest came less than a day before that scheduled performance, forcing a last-minute disruption to the tour date in Des Moines.
A Missed Festival Set Hours Before the Arrest
Hours before jail records became public, organizers of the Country Rising Festival posted on Instagram that Landum had missed his scheduled performance that evening due to a personal emergency, the report notes. Landum had been set to perform at the festival the same night he was booked into jail, and the vague explanation preceded public confirmation of the arrest by only a short time…