Rapper BigXthaPlug was arrested in Allen, near Dallas, on 21 August 2026, exactly one year after a previous arrest. The charges listed were driving while intoxicated, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm, causing him to miss a scheduled headline appearance at Winnipeg’s Country Rising Festival.

Festival organisers said he would not perform because of a “personal emergency”. He was booked into Collin County Jail and, according to records cited by the Des Moines Register, had not been released by Saturday morning; this also put his planned Iowa State Fair performance at risk. His 2025 arrest, hours before an album release, involved marijuana possession of less than two ounces and unlawful firearm possession.