Both parents also introduced him to a variety of music, from Isley Brothers and UGK to Drake and Lil Wayne, influencing his eclectic taste.

However, during his time there, BigX began selling marijuana to students, which led to police discovering his product in his dorm room.

[3] Without stable employment, BigX turned to alternative means of making a living, including robbing drug dealers.

[3] Upon his release, BigX pursued music seriously, paying for studio time with money from street hustles and recording his first mixtape, Bacc from the Dead.

The song debuted at 93rd and reached 65th position on the Billboard Hot 100 two months after its release, after a remix with Finesse2tymes was featured on his EP The Biggest.