Darius Rucker is an American artist and musician who is notable as the lead singer and cadence guitarist of a musical crew, “Hootie and the Blowfish”. The band was established in 1986 which delivered 5 studio collections that diagrammed six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including “Just Wanna Be With You” and “Hold My Hand.”
Rucker began his performance vocation with the arrival of his performance debut collection, “Dark to Then” in 2002. His hit single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” from his subsequent collection, “Figure out how to Live” made him the primary dark craftsman to arrive at number one on the Hot Country Songs diagrams since Charley Pride in 1983.
| Celebrated Name | Darius Rucker |
|---|---|
| Age | 55 Years |
| Nick Name | Darius Rucker |
| Birth Name | Darius Carlos Rucker |
| Birth Date | 1966-05-13 |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Musician |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Birth Nation | America |
| Place Of Birth | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S |
| Race | Black |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
| Famous For | Being an American singer and songwriter. |
| Best Known For | For being tHe lead singer of “Hootie & THe Blowfish” rock band. |
| University | University of South Carolina |
| Mother | Carolyn |
| Awards | Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse | Beth Leonard |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Source of Wealth | Singing career |
| Net Worth | $12 million |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in or 178 cm |
| Weight | 5 kg or 165.5 lbs |
| Body Measurement | 32-26-32 inches |
| Hair Style | Bald |
| Eye Color | dark brown |
| Religion | Christianity |
| @dariusrucker |
With the arrival of his third Country collection, “Genuine Believers”(2013), Rucker entered no. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the US Top Country Albums Billboard outline with the hit single “Cart Wheel”(#1). From that point forward the entirety of his collections have diagrammed on Billboard graphs, acquiring Rucker 3 Grammy Awards for “Best New Artist”, “Best Country Solo Performance” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal”.
On July 11, 2020, Rucker reported of getting separated from his better half, Bethe Leonard following 20 years of marriage through his Instagram post: @dariusrucker with a lovely subtitle.
Popular as one of the persuasive artists for his tunes like “Just Wanna Be With You” and “Hold My Hand”.
Known as the lead entertainer of a musical crew, “Hootie and the Blowfish”.
Darius Rucker was born on May 13, 1966, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. His original name is Darius Carlos Rucker. His ethnicity is American. Rucker has a place with African-American nationality while Taurus is his zodiac sign.
Darius Rucker was raised by his mom, Carolyn, who was an attendant at the Medical University of South Carolina, alongside his three sisters and two brothers. His dad was in a gospel band called “The Traveling Echoes” and was never around Rucker through his youth.
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He had a common Southern African-American childhood and his family gone to chapel each Sunday. His family had a poor financial condition that his mom, her two sisters, his grandma, and 14 youngsters lived in a three-room house.
He went to the University of South Carolina where he met his future musicians, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld. They met during their first year and in the long run got together after Bryan originally heard Rucker singing in the shower, and the two turned into a couple, playing R.E.M. covers at a nearby setting and later enlisted Felber and Sonefeld.
Darius Rucker won Grammy Awards as an independent craftsman for Best Country Solo Performance for “Cart Wheel”.
Darius Rucker started his vocation as a lead entertainer and musicality guitarist of a musical crew, “Hootie and the Blowfish” which he framed in 1986 alongside his school companions.
They made their presentation with the arrival of their first EP named “Kootchypop” in 1993. Not long after, they were endorsed to Atlantic Records.
With the arrival of their presentation collection, “Broken Rear View”(1994), which was a moment hit that positioned at first on the Billboard 200, acquired the band their first Grammy Award for “Best New Artist”.
Its hit single, “Let Her Cry” stays quite possibly the best works of the band just as in Rucker’s vocation.
As an individual from the band, Rucker recorded six studio collections inside and out including their first collection: “Fairweather Johnson”(1996), “Melodic Chairs”(1998), “Dissipated, Smothered and Covered”(2000), “Hootie and the Blowfish and Looking for Lucky”(2005).
Following a ten-year rest, Rucker and the band reported that they will visit with Barenaked Ladies in 2019 and delivered “Blemished Circle” on November 1, 2019.
Rucker made his independent R&B debut collection, “The Return of Mongo Slade”, for Atlantic Records in 2001. That very year, in July, Rucker showed up on a pop-star version of the test show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
After a year in 2002, his first independent collection, “Back to Then” was delivered that entered on Billboard diagrams.
In 2006, Rucker loaned his voice to the track “God’s Reasons” for the film, “The Still Life”.
Rucker additionally made his Grand Ole Opry debut in July 2008.
He then, at that point began his profession in blue grass music in the wake of getting endorsed to Capitol Records Nashville in 2008. His first performance single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” appeared at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs outlines.
On September 16, 2008, his second independent collection named “Figure out how to Live” was delivered, which is Rucker’s the best independent collection as it even topped at #5 on the US Billboard diagram.
With its hit singles, for example, “It Won’t Be Like This for Long”, “Okay” and “History really taking shape”, he got a more steady performance vocation.
Rucker delivered his second blue grass collection, “Charleston, SC 1966”, on October 12, 2010. Its singles, “Return Song”, “This”, “I Got Nothin'” was additionally a hit.
In August 2012, he delivered a melody, “Genuine Believers” that made its diagram debut in September. On May 21, 2013, his fourth collection, “Genuine Believers” was delivered crested at No. 18.
Its single, “Cart Wheel” was a moment hit that even is probably the best work of his vocation.
Rucker was an included entertainer at the C2C: Country to Country celebration in London on March 17, 2013.
On August 25, 2014, Rucker delivered another single named “Local Honey”, which was the lead single to his fourth country studio collection, “Southern Style”, delivered on March 31, 2015.
On July 24, 2017, Rucker delivered the second single from his fifth blue grass collection, named “When Was the Last Time”, named “Interestingly.”
Darius Rucker was hitched to Beth Leonard. Leonard is an excellent lady whom Ricker met in 1998 and got hitched in 2000. They invited their first girl together on May 16, 2001, named Daniella Rose and their child named Jack in 2005. The couple lived respectively for right around 20 years before they declared getting separated on July 11, 2020. In any case, they have concurred on terms of keeping their family together despite the fact that they won’t be together.
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Already, Rucker dated Elizabeth Ann Phillips with whom he has his first kid named Carolyn Pearl Phillips born on April 21, 1995. Plus, Rucker is a companion of the golf player Tiger Woods, whom he met in a bar when Woods was 18. Rucker even sang at the Woods’ wedding with Hootie and the Blowfish and at his dad’s memorial service.
Rucker likewise has routinely worked with noble cause that help wiped out and oppressed youngsters. He likewise fills in as a board individual from the MUSC Children’s Hospital in Charleston, SC. where his mom worked for throughout a long time from the time Rucker was a youngster.
Darius Rucker has very extraordinary income from his expert profession as an artist and artist. Having been in the field of music for more than 35 years, Rucker has figured out how to store up a solid fortune from his few tunes, collections, and shows. His total assets is assessed to be around $14 million.
Darius Rucker is a gorgeous man in his 50s. With his relieving voice and beguiling character, Rucker has figured out how to win a few hearts from one side of the planet to the other. He stands tall with a stature of 1.76m while 75kg is his body weight. He has a dim tone with uncovered hair and earthy colored eyes.