BigXthaPlug Pleads No Contest in 2025 Weapon Case
BigXthaPlug has received six months of deferred adjudication in connection with a 2025 unlawful weapon case in Dallas County, according to court documents.
The Texas rapper, whose legal name is Xavier Landum, appeared in Dallas County Criminal Court No.
4 on Friday (Aug.
28) on a Class A misdemeanor charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon.
The charge stemmed from an alleged offense on Aug.
21, 2025.
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As previously reported by Billboard , the rapper was taken into custody on Aug.
21, 2026, on charges including driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The two cases are separate.
The deferred adjudication judgment entered Friday relates specifically to the unlawful carrying of a weapon charge stemming from the 2025 incident.
According to Friday’s judgment, Landum entered a plea of nolo contendere, or no contest, to the charge.
The court found that the evidence substantiated his guilt but deferred further proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt, placing him instead on community supervision.
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