Darius Rucker honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Monday, December 4, 2023
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Darius Rucker, country star and lead singer of the Grammy-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish, was honored Monday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Rucker has sold more than 25 million albums and has recently earned four No.1 country albums.
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Rucker's star is the 2,766th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961, and it will be just a few feet away from the star belonging to his mentor and friend Charley Pride.

Rucker was inducted as a Grand Ole Opry member in 2012 and in 2014 he won his third career GRAMMY Award for Best Solo Country Performance with his Diamond-certified (11x Platinum) version of "Wagon Wheel," one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time, according to a press release from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The artist is also a lifelong philanthropist, helping build a children's hospital in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.

Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld formed Hootie & the Blowfish during their time as students together at the University of South Carolina. The band is set to go on a 44-stop tour in 2024. The Summer Camp with Trucks Tour will take place from May 30 through Sept. 28, including a concert at Honda Center in Anaheim on July 16.
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This marks the first full tour since 2019 for the band, whose chart-topping GRAMMY-award winning career has featured more than 25 million albums sold, including their 2x Diamond-certified debut album Cracked Rear View - which remains among the top 10 best-selling albums in all of music history - plus 17 Billboard-charting songs to date, according to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
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