BigXthaPlug is having his approach. The 26-year-old Dallas rapper has been residing massive ever since his sonorous voice took his rhymes to new ranges outdoors the Lone Star State. His hometown-pride anthem “Texas” and Billboard Sizzling 100 smash “Mmhmm” spotlight the intelligent magnetism and placing storytelling that has put him on the forefront of Texas avenue rap over the past yr. He brings each—and lots of money—to his 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle.
The previous soccer participant flexes the ice on his wrist and enamel whereas placing a bounty on somebody’s head. “50K on my watch, 30K on my face, 60K in your head when you play then you definately late/Who you recognize up the rating and placed on for his state/You may hate, simply do not play with my of us and also you nice,” BigX raps within the video under.
Rising up, the Southern MC was centered on the gridiron not rapping. Whereas Lil Wayne and Ye have been artists he listened to on the come up, BigXthaPlug was extra of an “R&B sort of man.” He makes that clear in his freestyle with a shout-out to 1990’s R&B group Escape. “See I actually been gliding on sh*t like Escape, greatest steppa,” BigX delivers. “Once I step on sh*t, wager it shake/Oh you more durable than me, I do not do the debates/I bought cake, I can by no means get talked out my place.”
BigXthaPlug’s place in rap is solidified proper now. As an indie artist signed to UnitedMasters, he is been driving excessive on the charts with no main label backing. His 2023 feel-good hit music, “Mmhmm,” is harking back to Will Smith’s personal 1997 smash “Miami,” since each tracks pattern The Whispers’ 1979 basic music “And the Beat Goes On.” “Mmhmm” debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 final December. For a person who did not have massive rap goals as a child, BigX’s abilities have taken him fairly far. He is additionally been pumping out loads of tasks since 2020: Bacc From the Useless, Large Stepper, Amar, The Largest and the collab effort Meet the Sixers with Ro$ama and Yung Hood. BigX retains it constant.
“I didn’t develop as much as do music,” he admits. “I used to be purported to play sports activities. So, I suppose you possibly can say the individuals who turned me up and bought me in my mindset whereas I used to be taking part in sports activities, you bought Lil Wayne, the outdated Kanye was arduous. I am a R&B sort of man. I take heed to Rod Wave and stuff like that to today. When you wanna throw again, you bought Avant, you bought, you recognize, your Boyz II Males, you bought your Isley Brothers. That is all my pops listening to.”
Today, avenue rap is BigX’s forte, and he is massive steppin’ throughout it. Take Care, his forthcoming sophomore album arriving in August, will function a mixture of BigX’s amusing bars “[What I bring to this class is] simply character, humor,” he maintains. “I am speaking about plenty of harsh gangsta-type stuff, however in additional of a fab approach. I am tryna make rap enjoyable once more, you recognize what I am sayin? I make individuals transfer their hips. You a gangsta, you bought your gun in your hand, however your hips transferring on the similar time, you recognize?”
Have a look as BigXthaPlug dodges the debates in his freestyle under.
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