Darius Rucker Wife, Net worth, Age, Bio, Children

Darius Rucker Wife, Net worth, Age, Bio, Children. Darius Rucker, an American musician and songwriter, was born on May 13, 1966, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised by his mother, Carolyn Rucker, alongside his three sisters and two brothers, whose names are not known to us at this time. Rucker attended Middleton High School before moving on to the University of South Carolina, where he co-founded the rock group Hootie & the Blowfish in 1986 with Mark Bryan, Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, and Dean Felber. Rucker is best known for his lead vocals and rhythm guitar work with the band.

Darius Rucker  Bio and Wiki

Name: Darius Rucker
Age: 57 years
Wife: Beth Leonard
Date of Birth: May 13, 1966
Nationality: American
Net Worth: $12 million

The band had Rucker as a member and they released five studio albums. They also had six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote the majority of the tracks with the other band members. Rucker’s debut studio album, Back to Then (2002), was an R&B song that was published by Hidden Beach Recordings. After six years, Rucker became a country music performer and signed with Capitol Nashville. He then released his second album, Learn to Live (2008). The first single “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” became the first song by a black singer to reach the top of the Hot Country Songs chart since Charley Pride in 1983. Three other equally popular songs, “It Won’t Be Like This for Long,” “Alright,” and “History in the Making,” followed.

In 2009, he became the second Black person to be honored with an award from Country Music Association. He was also the first Black American to receive the New Artist Award. On October 12, 2010, he released his third album, Charleston, SC 1966, which featured the chart-topping country hits “Come Back Song” and “This.” His fourth album, True Believers (2013), reached number two on the Billboard 200 and included popular singles such as “Radio,” “Wagon Wheel,” and “True Believers.” In 2014, he released his first Christmas album, Home for the Holidays, which debuted at number 31 on the US Billboard 200. His sixth album, Southern Style (2014), peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and included hit songs like “Homegrown Honey” and “Southern Style.”

His seventh and eighth studio albums, When Was the Last Time (2017) and Carolyn’s Boy (2023) followed his previous releases. In an effort to support ill and impoverished children, Rucker has collaborated with various charities such as the World Golf Foundation’s The First Tee Program and the Hootie & The Blowfish Foundation, which has raised almost $4.5 million to aid public education systems throughout South Carolina. Additionally, he has helped raise millions of dollars to support the construction of a new hospital and serves as a board member of the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston, where his mother worked for over thirty years. Rucker also pledged his support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2008, and has since organized an annual fundraiser that has helped St. Jude generate more than $1.6 million in total.

Darius Rucker Wife

Rucker and Beth Leonard divorced in 2020 after 20 years of marriage.