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BigXthaPlug was cooling his heels in a jail cell rather than hitting the stage as planned after he was arrested Friday on drug charges in Texas.  

The Dallas rapper – whose real name is Xavier Landum –  was arrested on August 21 and booked into Collin County Jail, Fox4 reported. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession of less than 2 ounces, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

BigXthaPlug cancels concerts, fans demand refunds

The arrest forced BigXthaPlug to cancel a planned concert on Friday at the Country Rising Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In a statement on Instagram, festival organizers said the last-minute cancellation was due to a “personal emergency” and that they were “seriously bummed.” Many attendees echoed that sentiment, with multiple people saying they’d purchased tickets specifically to see the hip-hop star. Several demanded refunds. 

“That is brutal! Came specifically for Big X! Where’s the refund?” one person wondered. 

“Im gonna need a refund too,” another wrote. “I only got my ticket to see big x. I literally got here and got told he wasnt coming anymore. Extremely disappointed.”

Rapper’s Iowa concert on Saturday will happen

BigXthaPlug is also scheduled to perform at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, August 22 at 7 p.m. CT. That show is still set to happen, organizers say. 

“We are in communication with his agent and at this time, we have been told he will still be performing,”  fair spokesperson Mindy Williamson told the Des Moines Register early on Saturday.  

BigXthaPlug also took to his Instagram Story on Saturday to share a video, where he assured his fans that he was one his way to Iowa. 

Future concert dates include appearances at the Country Rising Festival in Buffalo, New York, Alaska State Fair, Oregon State Fair, and Kansas State Fair, as well as a supporting spot for two dates on the Outlaws Never Die Tour in Canada. 

The rapper was previously arrested twice in 2025 on marijuana charges, including an August 2025 arrest that happened on the same day his album “I Hope You’re Happy” dropped. He began writing songs in 2022, when he was behind bars after being arrested on drug and weapons charges.  

“That’s really why I started writing, so that I could stay sane,” he told Complex. “That’s nowhere for somebody with a right mind to be. I just had to do something to keep my mind together and that was one of the ways that kept me solid, kept me grounded. I really feel like it expanded my vocabulary.”

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