Darius Rucker

American singer-songwriter

Person Human Q445405

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: May 13, 1966
Place of birth: Charleston
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist, composer, musician
Field of work: country music, rock music, music, singing^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Educated at: University of South Carolina, Middleton High School^[14]^[15]
Genre: rock music, country music^[18]^[19]
Official website: www.dariusrucker.com^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[29]
Discography: Darius Rucker discography^[22]
Family name: Rucker^[24]
Given name: Darius^[25]
Instrument: rhythm guitar, voice^[27]^[28]
Member of: Hootie & the Blowfish^[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora^[31]
Record label: Atlantic Records, Capitol Records^[20]^[21]
Social media followers: 1.6M (1.6M–1.6M, n=4)
Start of work period: 1986^[30]
Voice type: baritone^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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VIAF cluster ID: 5137247
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2003020023
GND ID: 1072478137
AZLyrics artist ID: d/dariusrucker
Acharts.co artist ID: darius_rucker
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000956675
Apple Music artist ID: 27060348
Awards & Winners artist ID: 02_qfv
BBC Things ID: af30eaa0-c4e6-47b4-ba07-1cfb21323a17
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 140662139
Billboard artist ID: darius-rucker

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BlackPast.org ID: african-american-history/rucker-darius-carlos-1966
CONOR.SI ID: 301695075
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 83937
CineMagia person ID: 568861
DR music artist ID: 3042110
Deezer artist ID: 243201
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1072478137
Discogs artist ID: 489619
Europeana entity: agent/base/65781
FAST ID: 490603
Facebook username: dariusrucker
Famous Birthdays ID: people/darius-rucker
Film.ru person ID: darius-rucker
Freebase ID: /m/02_qfv
Genius artist ID: Darius-rucker
Giphy username: dariusrucker
Grammy Awards artist ID: darius-rucker/5657
HAND ID: B58A-6679-C8EC-5627-7190
IMDb ID: nm0748519
IMVDb artist ID: darius-rucker
Instagram username: dariusrucker
Jaxsta profile ID: 0042b9e7-078f-4203-a229-59c66fdc65c4
Kinobox person ID: 902678
Last.fm ID: Darius+Rucker
LyricsTranslate ID: darius-rucker-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3ae70f76-ea53-4cc5-906e-d47a384202a1
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 194423
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000154804
Myspace ID: dariusrucker
NL CR AUT ID: xx0198170
NNDB people ID: 071/000025993
Obálky knih ID: xx0198170
Personality Database profile ID: 94272
Podchaser creator ID: 107a9DEWf7
Prabook ID: 1680191
Rate Your Music artist ID: darius_rucker
Rolling Stone artist ID: darius-rucker
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 30674
Songfacts artist ID: darius-rucker
Songkick artist ID: 22690
SoundCloud ID: darius-rucker-music
Spotify artist ID: 7FY5V3XMwlNBPitEjXowHQ
TMDB person ID: 160044
TV.com ID (archived): people/darius-rucker
TheTVDB person ID: 255200
Threads username: dariusrucker
Tidal artist ID: 3590126
TikTok username: dariusrucker
Trading Card Database name ID: 64329
Trakt.tv ID: people/darius-rucker
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000238354
WikiTree person ID: Rucker-597
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwtjtJb74JFWFKvwFxCcP
X (Twitter) username: Dariusrucker, dariusrucker
YouTube channel ID: UCB-TQff4X_2z6QejzXDXIbw, UCqjLqQY15lmXBuaK08dzKDw

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 11

Home for the Holidays, Southern Style, Back to Then, Carolyn’s Boy, Charleston, SC 1966, Homegrown Honey, Learn to Live, Radio +3 more

Field of work 4

music, rock music, singing, country music

Occupation 4

composer, singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Mb:recording contract 3

Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville

Genre 2

rock music, country music

Instrument 2

rhythm guitar, voice

Mb:writer 2

Only Wanna Be with You, Only Wanna Be with You

Record label 2

Atlantic Records, Capitol Records

Belongs to 1

Hootie & the Blowfish

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of South Carolina

Family name 1

Rucker

Given name 1

Darius

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

Hootie & the Blowfish

Place of birth 1

Charleston

Sex or gender 1

male

Voice type 1

baritone

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place Dalida

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Summary

Darius Rucker was born on May 13, 1966^[1], in Charleston^[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], singer^[4], guitarist^[5], composer^[6], and musician^[7].

FAQs

Where was Darius Rucker born?

Darius Rucker was born in Charleston^[2].

What did Darius Rucker do for work?

Darius Rucker worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], singer^[4], guitarist^[5], composer^[6], and musician^[7].

Where did Darius Rucker go to school?

Darius Rucker was educated at University of South Carolina^[14] and Middleton High School^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Darius Rucker — place of birth (P19): Charleston. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Darius Rucker — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Darius Rucker — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Darius Rucker — educated at (P69): University of South Carolina. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Darius Rucker — educated at (P69): Middleton High School. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Darius Rucker — field of work (P101): country music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Darius Rucker — field of work (P101): rock music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Darius Rucker — field of work (P101): music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Darius Rucker — field of work (P101): singing. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Darius Rucker — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Darius Rucker — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Darius Rucker — occupation (P106): guitarist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Darius Rucker — occupation (P106): composer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-16. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Darius Rucker — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Darius Rucker — genre (P136): rock music. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Darius Rucker — genre (P136): country music. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Darius Rucker — record label (P264): Atlantic Records. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Darius Rucker — record label (P264): Capitol Records. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Darius Rucker — discography (P358): Darius Rucker discography. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Darius Rucker — voice type (P412): baritone. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Darius Rucker — member of (P463): Hootie & the Blowfish. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Darius Rucker — date of birth (P569): May 13, 1966. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Darius Rucker — family name (P734): Rucker. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Darius Rucker — given name (P735): Darius. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Darius Rucker — official website (P856): http://www.dariusrucker.com/. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Darius Rucker — instrument (P1303): rhythm guitar. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Darius Rucker — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Darius Rucker — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Darius Rucker — start of work period (P2031): 1986. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Darius Rucker — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject African diaspora. wikidata.org.

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7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3590126

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HAND ID → B58A-6679-C8EC-5627-7190

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Occupation → singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist +1

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