BigXthaPlug Releases Collaborative Country-Hip-Hop Album Featuring Nashville Stars

BigXthaPlug, a Dallas rapper known for blending hip-hop with Southern influences, released his third studio album, I Hope You're Happy, on August 22, 2025. The 11-track album explores emotional themes surrounding a difficult breakup and features collaborations with prominent country artists such as Darius Rucker, Bailey Zimmerman, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, and others, highlighting a fusion of country and hip-hop sounds. Originally intending to title the project Not Just Country, BigXthaPlug shifted to I Hope You're Happy after the title track—a letter to a former lover—became a central theme. The album's promotional trailer visually captures the heartbreak motif with a burning house metaphor, while BigXthaPlug emphasizes that the record is not strictly country but rather a unique blend where he raps over country-inspired beats. His pivot to this country-trap style has garnered attention from major country stars and represents his most explorative and personal work to date. Despite some surface-level songwriting critiques, the album is poised to be his biggest release, marking his ongoing evolution as an artist bridging genres.