{"id":137717,"date":"2025-02-26T12:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/26\/bigxthaplug-arrested-on-marijuana-possession-charge-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:11:47","slug":"bigxthaplug-arrested-on-marijuana-possession-charge-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/26\/bigxthaplug-arrested-on-marijuana-possession-charge-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"BigXthaPlug Arrested on Marijuana Possession Charge in\u00a0Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bigxthaplug\/\">BigXthaPlug<\/a> (born Xavier Landum) has been arrested on a possession of marijuana charge in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/bigxthaplug-genre-now-cover-story-1235872952\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/digital-cover-big-x-tha-plug-billboard-2025-bb1-raymond-alva-3-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/digital-cover-big-x-tha-plug-billboard-2025-bb1-raymond-alva-3-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"BigXthaPlug photographed December\u00a04, 2024 at Electric Pony Studios in Los Angeles.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMeet BigXthaPlug, The Booming New Voice Who\u2019s Becoming Country\u2019s \u2018Favorite\u00a0Rapper\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t01\/13\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Arlington Police Department tells <em>Billboard<\/em> BigX was booked into Arlington City Jail early Wednesday (Feb. 26) following a traffic stop shortly after midnight, and was charged with possession of less than two ounces of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAn Arlington Police Department spokesperson said that the vehicle BigXthaPlug was driving was pulled over for having expired tags. When an officer approached the vehicle, he smelled marijuana and ordered BigX and a male passenger out of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOfficers discovered cigarettes and a \u201cgreen leafy substance\u201d in the console, along with a \u201chandgun in the passenger door pocket,\u201d according to the Arlington PD spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPolice identified the passenger as Cleodist Landum. The 22-year-old has an active felony warrant in Bexar County, Texas. The spokesperson also noted that officers found marijuana on him and booked him on possession of marijuana and unlawful carrying of a weapon charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Billboard<\/em> has reached out to reps for BigXthaPlug for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBigX, 26, has become one of the rising stars out of Dallas. His breakout hit \u201cTexas\u201d served as an ode to his home state in 2023. Last year, he made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> debut with \u201cMmhmm\u201d (No. 63). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe rapper unleashed his <em>Take Care<\/em> project in October which peaked at No. 8 on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\"> Billboard 200<\/a> and contained<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\"> Billboard Hot 100 <\/a>entries such as \u201c2am,\u201d \u201cChange Me\u201d and \u201cThe Largest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI feel like for the past decade it\u2019s been a lot of mumble rap. People not talking about nothing,\u201d BigX told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/bigxthaplug-genre-now-cover-story-1235872952\/\">Billboard <\/a><\/em>in January. \u201cI\u2019m talking about something. A lot of the older people who love music, that\u2019s what they grew up on \u2014 actual substance. Here\u2019s this young dude that sound old, but he on these young-old beats. I literally mixed everything up so everybody could love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/bigxthaplug-arrested-marijuana-possession-charge-texas-1235910535\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BigXthaPlug (born Xavier Landum) has been arrested on a possession of marijuana charge in Arlington, Texas. Related Meet BigXthaPlug, The Booming New Voice Who\u2019s Becoming Country\u2019s \u2018Favorite\u00a0Rapper\u2026 01\/13\/2025 The Arlington Police Department tells Billboard BigX was booked into Arlington City Jail early Wednesday (Feb. 26) following a traffic stop shortly after midnight, and was charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}