The rapper’s arrest came on the heels of his latest album release. His LP “I Hope You’re Happy” came out at midnight Friday.

In 2022, the Dallas MC BigXthaPlug released “Texas,” a slide-guitar-­accented boast celebrating his home state’s largesse (“We still ride in ­swangas and put diamonds in our necklace”) and his own hardness (with a shout-out to former Dallas Mavericks player Luka Dončić).