It’s safe to say the seemingly universal love for BigXThaPlug wouldn’t be what it is without Dallas roots. On Friday night, that homegrown love was palpable as he celebrated his 28th birthday, performing in front of thousands at Dos Equis Pavilion, yet he still vividly remembers the days when he performed only for a handful of friends. At Friday’s show, he wasn’t BigXThaPlug; he was Xavier Landum.
“I remember those shows when it was just me,” the hip-hop breakout said after the DJ told him people were waiting in line for his birthday bash.
Acknowledging those early days, he told the crowd, “Listen, I am BigX… Damn that, I am Xavier Darnell Landum. I come from Dallas, Texas. I didn’t want to be no rapper. This shit happened, you know what I’m sayin’? I had a son, I had to figure this shit out. And this is what we did. I went from shows where it was only five people – me and my own partners in it. Wasn’t nobody in that bitch. And here we are, right now, over 10,000 people in the Dos Equis Pavilion, right now.”…