The Texas rapper is living large and making hits, but that doesn't always mean life is easy

BigXthaPlug , a Dallas, Texas , vocalist with a deep, grainy, and authoritative mic presence, is one of the most intriguing voices in years. He’s the rare twentysomething mainstream rapper that actually raps . He doesn’t rely on an android-like croon like Don Toliver or hearty “trap-soul” laments like Rod Wave. Instead, he spits hard and from the chest, his momentum hitting the ears like NFL linebacker Myles Garrett shoving wide receivers into gridiron grass. And happily, at least for old heads disenchanted with the state of modern rap , he frequently pays homage to OGs past and present. On 6WA , a consistently entertaining project with his 600 Entertainment crew released last March, he invited Texas-émigré-turned-West-Coast-pioneer the D.O.C. to offer a benediction, then referenced the old-school hardness of Too $hort and the late Eazy-E.…