BigXthaPlug Recalls Sitting on Couch Watching 'Scooby-Doo' When His Mother Shot an Intruder

BigXthaPlug, fresh off the release of his country-leaning new single “All the Way” with Bailey Zimmerman, offers equal parts candor and ambition in a new GQ interview. In one of several highlights from the conversation with Complex alum Frazier Tharpe, the Texas artist recalled a moment from earlier in his life in which he witnessed his mother fire a gun at an intruder while he was watching Scooby-Doo.

As mentioned in the piece, available in full here, BigX spent the first nine years of his life with his mother. According to BigX, his mother was actually the first person he recalls ever seeing use a gun.

“This is back then, though, but I know my mama from selling drugs and shooting at people,” BigX said. “The first time I ever seen somebody get shot my mama was holding me. My mama shot somebody—they tried to break in. I was sitting on the couch watching Scooby-Doo, I’ll never forget it.”

Elsewhere, BigX spoke with GQ about his careful approach to choosing collaborators, his penchant for vulnerability in his music, and more. The new interview comes ahead of an expected country-focused project from BigX, whose sophomore album, last year’s Take Care, became his first to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart. The album also landed at No. 17 on Complex's ranking of the best albums of 2024, joining culturally omnipresent releases from Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx, among others.

In a recent interview with Complex, BigX’s “All the Way” collaborator Bailey Zimmerman noted that he was “already a fan” before the opportunity to work together was even a possibility.

“I think we have more in the tank,” Zimmerman told Complex. “I think we’ve got more heartbreak stories. We’ve got more to talk about and I think this is just the beginning of seeing country and rap collide like this. … That dude is a legend!”