BigXthaPlug

Born: 12 May 1998

Age:

Years Active: 2019-present

Genre/s: Hip-hop, Southern hip-hop, trap, country rap

Label/s: UnitedMasters

Xavier Landum (born May 12, 1998), better known by his stage name BigXthaPlug, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to UnitedMasters of Brooklyn, New York, he first rose to prominence for songs including "Texas" and "Mmhmm".

Xavier Landum was born on May 12, 1998, in Dallas and grew up in a challenging environment, the son of two street-dwellers. He recalls an early childhood marked by extremes. At four or five, Landum witnessed his mother, whom he describes as a "gangsta", shoot at a would-be thief during an attempted robbery. While his mother was his best friend, his father took on the role of disciplinarian. Both parents introduced him to a variety of music, from the Isley Brothers and UGK to Drake and Lil Wayne, influencing his eclectic taste.

Landum struggled in school from a young age, frequently skipping classes and getting into fights. By age nine, he moved to Commerce, Texas to live with his father. Football became an outlet for his aggression, and his skills on the field eventually earned him attention from Division 1 scouts. In 2016, after graduating from Ferris High School in Ferris, Texas he enrolled at Crown College in Laketown Township, Minnesota. However, Landum began selling marijuana to students while at the college which led to police discovering marijuana in his dorm room. He was given a ticket and expelled from the school, ending his collegiate football ambitions.

Unable to find stable employment, Landum turned to robbing drug dealers, among other things. He was arrested right before his 18th birthday on a warrant for aggravated robbery. He violated his probation two years later and went back to jail, missing his son's first birthday—a moment which deeply impacted him. While in solitary confinement, he battled boredom and frustration, leading him to write his first raps on a jail-issued medical form. After being released, Landum pursued music seriously, paying for studio time with money from street hustles and recording his first mixtape, Bacc from the Dead.