Dallas-based rapper BigXthaPlug was arrested Thursday night, according to Dallas police records.

The 27-year-old, born Xavier Landum, was booked into the Dallas County Jail overnight on charges of marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Dallas police said that officers pulled over a pickup truck that was missing its front license plate on South Great Trinity Forest Way near US 175 at 8:43 p.m.

DPD said an officer asked the driver, identified as Landum, if he had a firearm. BigXthaPlug told officers he did, and where to find it in the truck. Police said a criminal database flagged BigXthaPlug as connected to a gang in Arlington, which meant he was not able to legally possess a gun.

Police said they also found a small amount of marijuana in the truck.

BigXthaPlug was

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