In the last few years, over a few decent mixtapes, BigX built a reputation as the torchbearer of Texas storytelling rap. He’s got an interesting story, one that could be in a Larry McMurtry novel if ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “All the Way,” released and promoted through BigXthaPlug/United Masters, ascends from the runner-up rank to crown the Hot Rap ...

Finally, a Country-Rap Collab That Makes SenseOn “All the Way,” BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman stick to their strengths. What’s So Special About Country-Rap?How “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song ...

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

Dallas rapper BigXThaPlug is releasing his third album, "I Hope You're Happy," which incorporates country music. BigXThaPlug's foray into country music began after he jokingly announced a country ...

Dax, a Nigerian-Canadian poet and rapper, calls from a phone number with a Wichita, Kansas, area code to speak with The Tennessean about his outsider-to-insider rise in country music's mainstream.

At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff ...

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug is making headlines after a memorable performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"—and now he's teasing a full country-rap project that's already generating major buzz. On April 23, ...