{"id":2224,"date":"2025-08-22T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:00:23","slug":"bigxthaplug-arrested-in-dallas-after-album-release-party-for-marijuana-and-firearm-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"BigXthaPlug Arrested in Dallas After Album Release Party for Marijuana and Firearm Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Arrest Comes Just After New Album Drop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dallas-based rap artist BigXthaPlug was arrested early Friday, August 22, 2025, just hours after hosting an album release party for his latest project, \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/bigxthaplug-arrested-in-dallas-early-friday-after-new-ablum-dropped\/\">CBS News Texas<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-dallas\">FOX 4 News<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charges: Marijuana &amp; Firearm Possession<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dallas County Jail records, Landum, 27, was booked on two charges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Possession of marijuana (under 2 ounces)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlawful possession of a firearm<br>There has been no bond posted yet.<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-dallas\">FOX 4 News<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scene Breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Release party: Held on Thursday night at a Deep Ellum nightclub to celebrate \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy\u201d, which features collaborations with Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, and Shaboozy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latest album: Released Friday, August 22. Led by earlier hits like \u201cMmhmm\u201d and \u201cAll the Way\u201d, the album continues his explosive rise in Southern hip-hop.<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/bigxthaplug-arrested-in-dallas-early-friday-after-new-ablum-dropped\/\">CBS News Texas<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Look Back: This Isn\u2019t His First Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, in February, BigXthaPlug was arrested in Arlington:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stopped for expired tags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Found with marijuana and a firearm in the vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Booked on similar charges<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/bigxthaplug-arrested-arlington-marijuana\">FOX 4 News, Feb 2025<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325.webp 900w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325-360x360.webp 360w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2325-545x545.webp 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrest Comes Just After New Album Drop Dallas-based rap artist BigXthaPlug was arrested early Friday, August 22, 2025, just hours after hosting an album release party for his latest project, \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy\u201d. (CBS News Texas \/ FOX 4 News) Charges: Marijuana &amp; Firearm Possession According to Dallas County Jail records, Landum, 27, was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,56,52],"tags":[933,934,937,938,936,935],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-crime-and-justice","category-trending-now","tag-bigxthaplug-album-arrest","tag-bigxthaplug-arrest","tag-dallas-rapper-arrested","tag-hip-hop-news-dallas","tag-marijuana-and-firearm-charge-rapper","tag-xavier-landum-arrested"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}