BigXThaPlug is arguably the hottest MC out of Texas right now. The rapper hails from Dallas but is equally indebted to chopped and screwed from Houston and the smooth-spitting H-Town legend Z-Ro, specifically, who helped pioneer the glorious collision of silky, funky beats with unflinching street raps. BigXThaPlug is a part of the D-Town rap renaissance, which features tragically departed stars like Mo3 and Lil Loaded, alongside staples like Yella Beezy and The Outfit, TX. He joins that conversation and brings an energy that synthesizes the thrillingly diverse sounds of the states into something both recognizable and one-of-a-kind.In conversation with Complex, BigX, also revealed his affinity for New Orleans rap and classic R&B. His style is, to put it simply, an amalgamation of Southern gems. This is reflective of Texas’ new crop of stars, who put on for the state as much as any particular area.BigX, who catapulted to the top of the independent rap heap thanks to his debut LP, AMAR, and its standout single, used a prison stint in 2022 as a defining moment in his career arc. It was a wakeup call (he says he’s been locked up “plenty of times”), a reminder that he could be left behind at any time—which served as motivation to get him to produce his best work yet. “My mom got sick, my granny got sick, then I missed my son’s birthday. The world keeps going on without you. Especially when it comes to my son, I want to be there every day,” he explains. AMAR, which is named after his son Amar, finds BigX looking back on where he’s come from, and the moves he’s making to not get caught up in his old ways.After speaking with BigX, it makes sense that his most popular song is a track called “Texas,” and not an ode to any specific area in the state. “When I say Texas, I’m talking about my whole state. It can be Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, or wherever. It’s all love from me,” he explains. BigX, alongside other rising stars like WacoTron, iayze, Wiardon, and TisaKorean create strands of Texas rap that are both indicative of their regionality and effortless syntheses of the Lone Star State’s many thrilling subgenres.Below, we discuss his initial doubts on whether or not “Texas” would be a hit, (not) riding horses, and what he loves most about Lone State rap.
When you record a song like “Texas,” do you know pretty quickly that it’s going to take off to a certain extent?I actually didn’t even like the song at first. I didn’t like the beat. It was just something that my team felt would be good, like, “Hey, this could spark up something.” I believed in them and we did it in and now here we are.
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A big part of your story is the way you were writing while you were in prison. Can you talk about the mindset you had to have to stay locked in and stay sane while you had to be dealing with that?That’s really why I started writing, so that I could stay sane. 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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