BigXthaPlug Teases Upcoming Country Project Featuring Shaboozey, Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen & More
Rapper and songwriter BigXthaPlug previously appeared on “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker Shaboozey‘s song “Drink Don’t Need No Mix” (from Shaboozey’s album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going)–but he says he has plenty more country collaborations ahead.
In an interview with Complex, BigXthaPlug noted that he has an upcoming country music EP in the works and it’s packed with country music luminaries.
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“I got a country EP loaded up, you got Shaboozey, you got Morgan Wallen, you got Post Malone, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll…” BigXthaPlug said. The rapper also noted he has a second project in the works, though he hasn’t decided which to release first.
“I also got another project I’m putting together, kind of like a ‘South Mix’ of me, Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, NLE Choppa…” he said.
Of course, prior to Jelly Roll’s transition into country music, he spent years releasing rap projects, and still incorporates a medley of rap classics into his headlining shows, alongside his hits such as “Son of a Sinner” and “Halfway to Hell.” Meanwhile, Wallen previously teamed with Moneybagg Yo for the song “Whiskey Whiskey,” and with Lil Durk for the songs “Broadway Girls” (which topped Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart in 2022) and “Stand By Me.”
Texas native BigXthaPlug previously hinted about his Wallen and Post Malone collaborations in January during an interview for Los Angeles radio station Real 92.3, when he recalled that Wallen came to one of his shows in Arkansas and they hung out. At one point during the interview, BigXthaPlug called Wallen “the Drake of country,” and teased the collaboration, saying, “We actually cooking something up…I got something coming with Morgan Wallen. I got something coming with Post Malone.”
In 2022, BigXthaPlug released the song “Texas,” which cracked the top 40 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. And last year, he mentioned the possibility of a country collaboration, telling Complex, “I also really want to do an actual country version because a lot of country playlists and whatnot have been reaching out to me because of the song. I figured, “Why not do a song with a popping country artist and just expand it on some Lil Nas X-type deal?'”
2024 has been a big year for genre-traversing artists with collaborative projects, including Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter project and Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion, both of which topped the all-genre Billboard 200. Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter featured collaborations with artists including Shaboozey, Linda Martell, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, while Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion featured collabs with artists including Wallen, Tim McGraw, Lainey Wilson, Parton, Luke Combs and Sierra Ferrell. Meanwhile, Kane Brown’s collaboration with Marshmello has spent 33 weeks entrenched atop the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
Depending on when BigXthaPlug releases the EP he’s teasing, it seems those cross-collaborative country hits could keeping coming in 2025.
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