During the chaos and creativity of SXSW week, some performances manage to rise above the hundreds of showcases happening across Austin each night. One of those moments arrived when Texas’ own, rapper BigXthaPlug took the stage at ACL Live at the Moody Theater as part of Rolling Stone’s annual “Future of Music” showcase, a three-night concert series highlighting artists poised to shape the sound of the coming years.
The event, presented by Rolling Stone in partnership with SXSW, returned for its fourth year and once again transformed the iconic Moody Theater into a hub for discovering the industry’s next wave
of breakout stars. The showcase ran March 12–14 and featured headlining sets from Lola Young, Fuerza Regida, and BigXthaPlug, each representing different corners of the modern music landscape…