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  • In an extended interview, TODAY’s Harry Smith catches up with Darius Rucker as he gears up for a socially distanced concert in Nashville. The Grammy winner talks frankly about racism in the country music industry and the impact of George Floyd’s death on his children. Rucker says, “One sentence could end your career in country music.”
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    Darius Rucker Speaks Candidly About Racism And Country Music | TODAY All Day

КОМЕНТАРІ • 370

  • @LorraineCareyAuthor
    @LorraineCareyAuthor Рік тому +36

    I simply adore this man. He has such talent and his energy is pure light and love.

  • @kevinc8574
    @kevinc8574 3 роки тому +59

    Racism has no place in our society. Every human on the face of this earth needs to realize that the color of one’s skin has absolutely nothing to do with who they are. How each individual carries themselves and treats other humans determines who they are. Thank you Mr Rucker for standing up for what is right!!! Makes me love your music.

    • @IndiesoulMusik
      @IndiesoulMusik 2 роки тому

      Well said. Sounds so simple huh, but sadly racism is still a major problem in every day life. Humans are terrible.

    • @BenjaminStJohn-en9nv
      @BenjaminStJohn-en9nv Рік тому

      The problem is that everyone is so focused on "Race" AKA Pigment. There is only one race. We are all the same. We need to get away from teaching the hateful practice of casting people into "Races" by color. Racism stops when we stop teaching "Race".

    • @BabyPink911
      @BabyPink911 Рік тому +2

      It is more than color you mean ethnicity cuz I share the same color as Indians natives islanders Mexicans middle easterns all that but we are different

    • @Ellie-ko3pn
      @Ellie-ko3pn Рік тому +4

      The colour of one's skin has everything to do with their culture and their culture has everything to do with how they carry themselves that's where the problems arise

    • @riderskater7248
      @riderskater7248 5 місяців тому

      If only the world thought like you. It would be a better place. But to be honest the biggest problem with racism is America. America has a unique dangerous influence on racism. Other countries in the world also have racist people, but America has racism so bad that it can and do cause the death of innocent people of color.

  • @lucasmoratoaraujo8433
    @lucasmoratoaraujo8433 2 роки тому +26

    As a brazilian, I must say this is one of the most eyeopening and moving interviews I ever saw. I first searched for the band Hootie... after seeing a south park episode, and when I discovered Darius was a Black man singing country music, I deeply felt He would have a unique perspective to teach us on life and racism. He is trully a legend. Stay strong, your cause is Just and you are not alone!

  • @starletd.1673
    @starletd.1673 Рік тому +22

    Hearing this about racism and seeing his emotion breaks my heart. I just wasn’t raised to think anything other than we are all God’s children, created equally made in God’s image. It’s horrible that anyone is shunned or mistreated because of skin tone. Personally, a man’s character is what matters.

    • @terrylawrence8362
      @terrylawrence8362 8 місяців тому +2

      So beautifully spoken ... Darius Rucker has a beautiful heart and soul ✌️🙌👏🙏😊

  • @marthamann7685
    @marthamann7685 3 роки тому +22

    I think Darius Rucker is a wonderful man in so many ways! So glad He is speaking out...must be difficult and courageous, especially being a South Carolinian. As Martin Luther King said " We Shall Overcome!"
    God bless you, Darius!

  • @ryansusoev5272
    @ryansusoev5272 3 роки тому +52

    I kind of just tripped across this video and I haven't really listened to Darius Rucker's music before, but he seems like a really nice and charming guy. Just this interview makes me want to go check out his music.

    • @ramcharge2704
      @ramcharge2704 3 роки тому +2

      He's awesome!!!
      I love his music so good and genuine!

    • @dariusrucker8274
      @dariusrucker8274 3 роки тому

      I appreciate you for your love and support, sorry to ask you this and for me to follow you first , are you the one I met at Movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, after my show last year ? Cos I was just searching for my real fans and I came across to you here this is my private number text me+1(213) 523-2113

    • @lisabowden1679
      @lisabowden1679 3 роки тому +3

      @@dariusrucker8274 who are u and why are u doing this? Go away

    • @kendrabrown6345
      @kendrabrown6345 3 роки тому +2

      @@lisabowden1679 people are weirdos don't mind him

    • @bushybrow7430
      @bushybrow7430 3 роки тому +2

      listen to Wagon Wheel! That is my favorite song from him ❤️

  • @carogame
    @carogame 3 роки тому +41

    What a great talent and a great spokesman for the state of South Carolina!

    • @dariusrucker8274
      @dariusrucker8274 3 роки тому +1

      I appreciate you for your love and support, sorry to ask you this and for me to follow you first , are you the one I met at Movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, after my show last year ? Cos I was just searching for my real fans and I came across to you here this is my private number text me+1(213) 523-2113

    • @dariusrucker8794
      @dariusrucker8794 3 роки тому

      Thanks so much for the comments and support you’ve showed me towards my music , I’m so grateful and happy to check on you ! You can leave me a text on my mail :
      (Dariusruckermusic1@outlook.com) And let me know more about you❤️🇱🇷🎶🔊

    • @wendykirby7345
      @wendykirby7345 3 роки тому +2

      @@dariusrucker8274 Darius Rucker! I love your music, thank you for your love of music, your passion, and representing South Carolina with love & respect. I'm sending you my love from Gaffney, South Carolina. Keep being a beacon of light for this younger generation and other people who look up to you. I have to come check out your distillery soon.

    • @CryMeARiver63
      @CryMeARiver63 11 місяців тому

      ​@@wendykirby7345 you do know that the Darius Rucker you commented too isn't actually Darius. That's an imposter.

  • @SuperWill1959
    @SuperWill1959 3 роки тому +45

    Respect this man for standing up for what he believe in , i myself have gone down that road my kids are of mixed race and i always be WHO you are . Stand for the things that are right , No matter what color your skin is.

  • @beverlylong1333
    @beverlylong1333 3 роки тому +17

    Always loved Darius Rucker. Can listen to him sing all day long and sometimes do. I'm Christian and I mean it. It's not just a name I call myself. You can't be racist and be Christian. God doesn't allow it. No racisn allowed in Heaven. If you say your Christian but are racist then get down on your knees and repent of that sin. Moses is the most important Jewish prophet.
    In the story Aaron (a prophet, high priest, and the elder brother of Moses) and Miriam (Moses elder sister, a prophetess ) harshly criticize Moses' marriage to a Cushite or Kushite woman after he returned to Egypt to set the children of Israel free. Cushites were of the ancestry of either Kush (a.k.a. Nubia) in northeast Africa, or Arabians.
    The general outline is clear: Miriam and Aaron were speaking against Moses “because of the Cushite woman he had married,” the Lord rebuked them and punished Miriam with leprosy, but in the end all the Israelites waited seven days, postponing the continuation of their journey until Miriam was readmitted into the camp. God is real. God's not racist and neither are his children. God says he will have his children, he will have his number. I believe it is so.

  • @zorster
    @zorster Рік тому +6

    I’ve been trying to wrap my head around why Mr Rucker went country, so I started looking for interviews and stories from him about it. Seeing this interview was so wonderful. I’m not a country fan for the most part, but I miss hearing his voice and wanted to try it out. It’s so good that he is doing what he does because we need his voice and his experience in the unlit corners of our world shining like they do! Thank you Darius Rucker for your talent and your heart.

  • @jonathant4095
    @jonathant4095 3 роки тому +67

    This is a good man with a great heart.

  • @amyreynolds3619
    @amyreynolds3619 3 місяці тому +3

    ❤😊🎉 I went to the same high school as Darius Rucker did in Charleston, South Carolina. He's an awesome guy and does great work for all of us and especially his hometown and state as well as our country.

  • @DKScully5540
    @DKScully5540 3 роки тому +55

    All the years I’ve been a fan, i’ve never considered his colour. He’s such a nice man shame some ignorant fools have made life harder for him

    • @alanbiggers426
      @alanbiggers426 2 роки тому

      I have NEVER heard any person say anything racy about this guy.. never listen to his crap again

    • @PB-rz8lz
      @PB-rz8lz 2 роки тому +7

      @@alanbiggers426 that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen…

    • @yousocrazycurlystooge7640
      @yousocrazycurlystooge7640 2 роки тому +9

      Just because you don't hear it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. C'mon, be realistic with your viewpoints.

    • @SSWiditor
      @SSWiditor 2 роки тому

      @@GabrielWJensen It is as wrong to assume that it is common as it it is to assume it never happens. It is rare. That is enough. We can never stamp out racism, we can make it unacceptable in modern society.

    • @sirisongbird
      @sirisongbird 2 роки тому

      OK right. That's one of the most offensive things a white person can say, "I don't see colour ".. 😶
      What's wrong with you?

  • @r10vw
    @r10vw 3 роки тому +15

    Darius Ive listened to you from the Hootie days. Man, I can say with out a doubt Ive never thought about your color. You're are right, we have a hatred issue. Ive been thought in a covert way my whole life to dislike any person of color. Ive never been able to accept it, and often find myself in difficult situation when its just white people "talking" in a room , and now one else is around. I stand with you.

    • @sirisongbird
      @sirisongbird 2 роки тому +2

      @@JakeKoenig who started colonialism? Who started slavery? What's wrong with you?

  • @desmondharrison8610
    @desmondharrison8610 3 роки тому +13

    That was powerful nothing but RESPECT my brother

  • @wickedeye00
    @wickedeye00 3 роки тому +170

    I got respect for this man being a brown skinned country fan myself. He fought in an arena to be the best in a genre that he loves for the music. They saw his talent incountry music the country world unanimously put him in the elites and legends of this style of music. racism is as strong as we make it to be... It's not hard for us to check ourselves and make sure we're living on the right side of history in all decisions we make each day. It was hard watching Darius tear up, given is amazing career and overcoming such challenges. Stay a legend sir!

    • @dariusrucker1552
      @dariusrucker1552 3 роки тому +20

      Complimenting me this much mesmerized me, thank you so much for supporting my career... God bless you.

    • @dariusrucker8794
      @dariusrucker8794 3 роки тому +5

      Thanks so much for the comments and support you’ve showed me towards my music , I’m so grateful and happy to check on you ! You can leave me a text on my mail :
      (Dariusruckermusic1@outlook.com) And let me know more about you❤️🇱🇷🎶🔊

    • @FaithandLove89
      @FaithandLove89 3 роки тому +2

      @@dariusrucker8794 you need to come to California 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @kadonsie
      @kadonsie 3 роки тому +3

      @@dariusrucker1552 guess where I heard your song this week? In a tiny Chinese grocery store in Cape Town South Africa (A bit like an African California), played by a young Zimbabwean man! We struck up a conversation and made friends accordingly #mutualintrest since my 1year-old daughter is your BIGGEST fan and falls asleep every day listening to either your or Chris Stapleton songs :)

    • @sramoore0075187
      @sramoore0075187 3 роки тому +2

      I enjoy quite a bit of Darius Rucker’s music. The irony was not lost on quite a few of my military friends. I am a black man that enjoys country music and big trucks. My experiences with racism do not mirror Mr. Rucker’s, but there is some resemblance for sure. The awkward looks and well-cloaked remarks are reminders that I am an outlier in terms of fandom. I’ll never forget hearing that I don’t look like what I sound like. This interview was interesting and a reminder that we are all Americans in a beautiful country.
      God bless.

  • @nyray08
    @nyray08 3 роки тому +11

    Came across this interview, although I'm not into country music, i respect and admire you mr rucker. Be blessed king

  • @bsanders113
    @bsanders113 9 місяців тому +4

    As a person of color, it is very difficult to explain to someone exactly how devastating racism is on your psyche each and everyday. Especially growing up in the South. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy

  • @veronicathurman3557
    @veronicathurman3557 2 роки тому +3

    When I was a little girl my Grandpa used to sit at the kitchen table & play his guitar & listen to Country Music. I had peace & love around him, but then I grew up & got out into the real world. OMG what an eye opener to real life. We are black & love Country Music! You have to be YOU, love what you love & live your life. The struggles are real, but GOD’S GOT YOU! ❤️

  • @rdavis7729
    @rdavis7729 2 роки тому +6

    Harry Smith! So Great an interview.
    Darius, I'm a white guy who loves you and your work, and your outspokenness. Waiting for the world to be coffee-colered, so we can surpass this S%^t.
    Keep on, hero.

  • @deserteagle4616
    @deserteagle4616 2 роки тому +29

    All the people commenting "I have never considered your skin color Darius" are entirely missing the point. Being colorblind is a luxury brown and black people don't have in America, and that's what Darius is pointing out.

    • @sirisongbird
      @sirisongbird 2 роки тому +2

      The ONLY lucid comment I've read thus far..

    • @ADP12345
      @ADP12345 2 роки тому

      People who claim to not see color are racist. And a liar

    • @ADP12345
      @ADP12345 2 роки тому

      The fact that skin color is ALWAYS pointed out by woke lefties is pretty sad, but to say you dont see it is stupid. But then again people dont seem to mind if white people "identify" as black. Its people like you that always make race a thing. George floys was asking for it. He was a violent criminal regardless of race!!

    • @stevenjohnson1878
      @stevenjohnson1878 2 роки тому +3

      It's not about being colorblind - it's about recognizing that the color of a person's skin should not be a significant factor in a person's identity. When considering Darius Rucker, his identity as a musician is mostly based on the fact that he's a fantastically talented songwriter and singer - he just happens to have dark skin. It just doesn't matter all that much to reasonable people who appreciate good music.

    • @briandavis4580
      @briandavis4580 2 роки тому +1

      @@sirisongbird Some people watch videos like this, but don't realize listen. If it doesn't apply to them personally, they should at least realize it's still a big issue for a lot of people out there. I've found out some things about people around me and lost a couple of friends. And some people may love Darius, their favorite celebrities, athletes, comedians, etc. and not consider skin color in those situations, but certainly do consider skin color in many other situations

  • @dixiesmith5859
    @dixiesmith5859 3 роки тому +23

    This man is great interviewer. He needs to give classes to the main stream. Media world. I love Darius showing emotion .

  • @woodlandmumma9619
    @woodlandmumma9619 3 роки тому +6

    The world sees now. It better be different. Keep on Rockin on.... Always my great man. Always. You're a strength the WORLD needs now. Thank you. Can't say that enough. Thank you!

    • @dariusrucker1349
      @dariusrucker1349 3 роки тому

      Thanks 🙏 for your love and support you showed on me, it had been a wonderful years having fan like solidly behind me , this is my way of saying thank to you to the people who brought me this far. I hope yo you never stop listening to my music.. you are very beautiful and seems to be a nice person.. do you have a big heart ❤️? Are you a honest and caring woman feel free to drop a message here

  • @bcaye
    @bcaye 2 роки тому +4

    At nearly 58, as a white woman who has lived most of my life in the US Midwest, I have never used the n word. I won't go to the "I have alot of black friends", but Lionel (friend in kindergarten to high school) , Regina, Sharelle, George, Roger, Daniel, Sharon, Dominique, Joe, and especially Ronnell (my spirit animal), we are all the same.

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 2 роки тому +1

      @Darius Rucker, honey I would listen to you sing a list of laundry soap ingredients. Your voice is amazing.
      I am a respiratory therapist, so not exactly safe, but fully vaccinated and take all precautions.

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 2 роки тому +1

      @Darius Rucker, Well, I appreciate the response but I really do love your voice from way back to H&TBF first album, you are a top notch vocalist.

  • @db2184
    @db2184 2 роки тому +3

    Darius Rucker is a brave man, strong man and a good man in my book. It's never easy for any person to identify with a culture or music that is not typically associated with their race. They will deal with people from their own race rejecting them and some members of the majority race of a culture saying you don't belong. Yet if America will survive it will take people like Darius Rucker to take that brave leap to bridge the gaps between race and culture.

  • @nana73carol46
    @nana73carol46 3 роки тому +22

    Darius, you are loved! Thank you for being real. Thanks for your music.

  • @angitocco7377
    @angitocco7377 2 роки тому +2

    I love you Darius! Have been a huge fan since Monday Night Jams at The Windjammer in 1994-95

  • @alleyzipzero1
    @alleyzipzero1 6 місяців тому

    What a great interview ❤ I’m so glad I came across it. Really great

  • @rondapierce6215
    @rondapierce6215 6 місяців тому

    I just came across this one...thanks, Harry for asking the hard questions. Appreciate Darius being so transparent. I pray he continues to make his music and us fans keep coming out.

  • @kadonsie
    @kadonsie 3 роки тому +4

    @DariusRucker #DariusRucker guess where I heard your song this week? In a tiny Chinese grocery store in Cape Town South Africa (A bit like an African California), played by a young Zimbabwean man! We struck up a conversation and made friends accordingly #mutualintrest since my 1year-old daughter is your BIGGEST fan and falls asleep every day listening to either your or Chris Stapleton songs :)

    • @sirisongbird
      @sirisongbird 2 роки тому

      Understand! Whites CREATED RACISM & maintain it. To refer to Cape town as an African California is beyond offensive. The Black Africans don't want what you want, which is some lunatic utopian otherworld that'll NEVER exist. They want what is rightfully their God-given land.

  • @marksdeliciousadventures506
    @marksdeliciousadventures506 10 місяців тому +1

    I remember back in the 70s thinking about what life might be like in 50 years, and wrongly assumed that we, as a society, would have progressed beyond issues like racism. It's pretty sad and depressing to realize that we have not really made that much progress. This is a great interview, and I love Darius Rucker.

    • @robertlouisburns
      @robertlouisburns 9 місяців тому

      Because people keep storing the pot and using the race card.

  • @brendaniebel1355
    @brendaniebel1355 3 роки тому +7

    I love his laugh.

  • @CaapriceTube1
    @CaapriceTube1 Рік тому +2

    6:08 - Yes Darius. we all get that "14th letter Wake up call".
    I'm glad I got mine back in 2005, was just 16 yrs old.
    They always show you their true colours in the end!!
    Jesus is our only TRUE friend🙏✝

  • @londonswe3002
    @londonswe3002 3 роки тому +11

    Much love for this guy!! And love his music!

  • @vizio6017
    @vizio6017 7 місяців тому +4

    Beyoncé is experiencing racism in country music right now as we speak..smh

  • @donnatpuckett123
    @donnatpuckett123 3 роки тому +5

    What I think is weird is he’s made it big and I mean big in a majority if not 98% white fan base.. So that saying a lot about country music fans to me.

    • @dariusrucker1349
      @dariusrucker1349 3 роки тому

      Hello pretty lady ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @55mjlangdon
    @55mjlangdon Рік тому +1

    Darius Rucker has always been and will continue to be one of the most handsome men!!! I’ve always admired him for who he is and what he is, he’s a guy who sings good songs!!! 🙏💜😘

  • @michaelbennett3400
    @michaelbennett3400 7 місяців тому

    Darius, you can come by the house for a steak dinner when ever you want. No questions asked. Just say when so I can prepare if you ever want to. You can supervise, while I prepare so you be at ease. I love the emotion you put into your music.

  • @kathrynscottfitzgerald-qr1bp
    @kathrynscottfitzgerald-qr1bp Рік тому +1

    @DariusRucker You are 💯 percent right because I grew up all around that too growing up in the South ⬇️

    • @dariusrucker127
      @dariusrucker127 Рік тому

      Hello Kathryn!
      Thank you for being an amazing Comments like this are priceless, Thank you,
      it's nice meeting you here. Thanks for the love ❤️

  • @nbkkash9451
    @nbkkash9451 2 роки тому +3

    So the last sentence said a lot to me, where he said he saw someone doing something and he immediately judged them instead of having a conversation and getting to know them… this is the exact problem with society. Immediate judgement of people. I think a lot of the things that were and still are being portrayed in the media have extremely profound d impacts on the mental health of people, causing them not to see the narcissism they then commit

    • @RO49569
      @RO49569 2 роки тому

      All that tells you is that, the person judging you is a narcissist

  • @fionamoody1432
    @fionamoody1432 7 місяців тому

    I have so missed out on Darius. I first stumbled upon his music on the voice. I was bowled over. Love love love his voice. Amazing. 🙌🏾👏👏🎤🎸

  • @jaelredfern7381
    @jaelredfern7381 Рік тому +2

    There's one race of people. It's the human race.

  • @JTrip20
    @JTrip20 2 роки тому +1

    I’m 33. I didn’t grow up paying attention to what race someone was. Everything was based on talent and personal relationships. I hear this mans voice. Not his skin. I miss those days. He’s great.

  • @jimmeymcgee2840
    @jimmeymcgee2840 3 роки тому +27

    As black man myself ALL LIVES MATTER .Picking a side just causes people to divide. Love your music Darius wish I knew you maybe I’ll meet you one day in Charleston sitting on your bench one day. Take care my friend.

    • @bplotts1
      @bplotts1 3 роки тому +3

      100% Correct

    • @freshdope1234
      @freshdope1234 3 роки тому +5

      @@bplotts1 agreed so do black lifes, so by that virtue black lives matter glad you agree

    • @lolodee3528
      @lolodee3528 2 роки тому +2

      Some like to pretend they don't know exactly what black lives matter means. Says more about those pretenders. Keep fakin' around. 🙄

    • @jimmeymcgee2840
      @jimmeymcgee2840 2 роки тому +1

      @@lolodee3528
      Bottom line It’s all racism if any race say it! An that’s the only thing it means & no faking here I don’t view people as a color and I’m not gonna start now. because where all humans.

  • @juanitafolsom1866
    @juanitafolsom1866 Рік тому +1

    Love your songs

    • @dariusrucker127
      @dariusrucker127 Рік тому +1

      Thanks a million, Juanita! Your comment has truly made my day. It's an incredible feeling to know that my music is being enjoyed by people like you. Keep on jamming.

  • @rik4369
    @rik4369 11 місяців тому

    Great interview and admire Darius for being honest and admitting societies " Elephant in the Room". Glad your speaking out and appreciate you way beyond your GREAT MUSIC.
    Semper Fi

  • @OakwiseBecoming
    @OakwiseBecoming 2 роки тому +3

    White people have to be told how to act around traffic cops, too! This is so utterly pathetic 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @donnathompson3625
    @donnathompson3625 9 місяців тому

    ❤ prayers. I know so many that loved Darius Rucker

  • @stephaniejefferson6566
    @stephaniejefferson6566 2 роки тому

    POWERFUL interview. I’m speechless.

  • @jakejordal5205
    @jakejordal5205 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much Darius for sharing your thoughts on racism today. So many white people think we are a color blind society, but it is clear that there are lots of racist people among us. Love your music. Let us make it a better place to be, for everyone.

  • @ToniCarroll-h4x
    @ToniCarroll-h4x 10 місяців тому

    I love this man and his views

  • @izzy1949
    @izzy1949 2 роки тому +2

    My best friend at school was black and I lost other friends because ther parents didnt want them associating with me because my best friend was black....I'm 72 now...j was 13/14 then and not a lot has changed...its all so wrong...we are all gods children and we all bleed the same colour blood...its just shed for the wrong reasons

  • @arthurzettel6618
    @arthurzettel6618 Рік тому +1

    It's not the skin color that defines who you are it is your character. I listen to Country music and as for me color means nothing it is how good the music sounds is what counts.

  • @brendawallace8825
    @brendawallace8825 Рік тому +1

    Darius is such a wonderful handsome brown skin man I have much respect for him
    Thank you Darius like you say it is what it is
    Just keep what you are doing and keep smiling and singing
    You have a beautiful voice
    One day I hope to meet you

    • @dariusrucker127
      @dariusrucker127 Рік тому

      Thank you so much, Brenda! Your kind words are like a warm hug and they make me feel so appreciated. Keep on listening and I'll keep on making music from the heart.

  • @dennisbeaver5958
    @dennisbeaver5958 Рік тому

    What a great man! So empathetic and smart!

  • @bethslawson5091
    @bethslawson5091 2 роки тому

    Spiritual love will make you free.

  • @pschlosb
    @pschlosb 4 місяці тому

    That's a fantastic interview!! Very sad and unfortunate but kudos to a music legend for having the kohonis to speak the truth

  • @hughmann9568
    @hughmann9568 Рік тому +1

    This man is so good he will make it in any genre period. Yes country isn't very racial diverse but Charlie Pride especially showed us that it's a genre for everyone. I thought it was also a little weird considing how many black people are and have been in the south. (Which is where country music thrives. )

  • @taylormoye7098
    @taylormoye7098 Рік тому +1

    I’ve loved his music since hootie and back then he took flack for singing rock/alternative and being black and that was I. San Francisco 🤦🏽‍♀️ being black and always loving country, I flipped out with happiness when he transitioned to country. I’m glad he can speak his truth so eloquently now. Like he said he’s amassed enough that if they stop supporting him he’s ok. And his music is apolitical, and has nothing to do with his social advocacy.

    • @dariusrucker127
      @dariusrucker127 Рік тому +1

      Hello Taylor!
      How are you doing?
      Thanks for your love, support and for being an amazing fan! ❤️
      It's nice meeting you here.

  • @davidparsons1999
    @davidparsons1999 Рік тому +1

    Darius I followed you for many years from the blowfish to your solo album In country music and I never saw you as white or black I saw you as music As I do every artist. Anybody can do anything they set their mind to it as you did and you made it man not because you're black because you set your mind to it. It saddens me that you bring color into your interview. I am a small town boy that comes from nothing and I set my mind to something and I have done it regardless of color. Do you think because of your color it has restricted your success. I don't think You said yourself you're a rich black man . Sincerely you're a fan

  • @lanclincunningham12
    @lanclincunningham12 Рік тому

    Thanks Darius u choose ur children and there future over ur music.Plz plz don't stop singing.God bless

  • @paulstrzykalski2596
    @paulstrzykalski2596 Рік тому +1

    Just treat people the way you want to be treated. This should not be a problem today. Look we put a disabled guy in the White House.

  • @craigthomas5212
    @craigthomas5212 2 роки тому

    GOD bless your I enjoy your show in Oklahoma last year I going to try to come you in Vegas in October my favorite Entertainer

  • @OakwiseBecoming
    @OakwiseBecoming 2 роки тому +4

    Newsflash: sometimes cops make random stops. As a white woman I’ve been randomly stopped also. Not everything that happens to blacks people is because they’re black 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @jeremytaylor9123
      @jeremytaylor9123 Рік тому

      You're right.. racism does NOT exist, and there has NEVER been a prevalence of racist policy enforcement.. NO such thing as a racist cop either. Those n-words just need to stop complaining 🙄

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 Рік тому +1

    “If you were to stop being friends with everybody you’re sure called somebody the N word in anger, you’d lose half your friends.”
    It might be worth it, you can get new friends.

  • @JbirdlLester
    @JbirdlLester 2 роки тому +1

    Darris Rucker is awesome always been a huge fan of Ole Hottie!

  • @caraanam2744
    @caraanam2744 2 роки тому

    We humans are called upon to resist ANY attempts to separate and be separated. This fragments, weakens and makes us all manipulable. THAT is what "they" are aiming at. To sow hatred and separate us from each other.
    When I look at Darius, I feel his beautiful and loving soul, his good heart and a wonderful character. There are good and not so good, deluded, or even evil beings in every stratum, among all cultures and races. When we consciously meet each other on the soul level, any separation maneuvers, hatred and fragmentation have no power. Only here lies the chance for all of us to dissolve the dark. No matter what skin color, it is the soul, the heart and the character of a human being that counts... and only that!!! "We all bleed red".

  • @heidireed8406
    @heidireed8406 2 роки тому +3

    The way I see it, this world is so divided and the media and government is feeding that to the core. Divide and conquer is certainly their agenda until we are no longer one nation under God but one nation divided. It truly breaks my heart to see how divided we have become and how away from the Lord we have become until we have nothing but hate for each other and no respect for each other.
    I love Darius Rucker's personality and music and always have even though I may have a slightly different view than him. I have never thought anything different about him and totally agree with him when he said racism is taught and not inherent. Although sadly, I honestly believe that it's mainly taught by the government and the media. They feed us fear and to hate each other and sadly they are winning more and more each day. Sad to say, I hope and pray that we truly become one nation under God again and not against each other but rather fighting alongside each other.

    • @sirisongbird
      @sirisongbird 2 роки тому

      Uh, God created us DIVIDED. Look at nature, dogs & cats aren't reared together. The point is to RESPECT the difference & that includes the habitats in which we belong BY NATURE. If/when we encounter each other, it's with respect. Whites don't do this.

    • @TriSticle
      @TriSticle Рік тому

      It's hard to be one nation under God, when alot of the nation's become secular. Which is where alot of problems with racism and other things come from.

  • @debbiegreen2414
    @debbiegreen2414 Рік тому

    Love you, Darius. You are awesome.

  • @bkhog8861
    @bkhog8861 3 роки тому +2

    Haven’t heard a song from you in 3 months...

  • @TheNeworleansgal
    @TheNeworleansgal Рік тому

    Darius I simply love the man you are. Period 😘

  • @kathrynmoffatt3185
    @kathrynmoffatt3185 2 місяці тому

    💗💗💗

  • @allanstephenson9336
    @allanstephenson9336 2 роки тому

    I'd sit on a toilet to here him play !!! AWSOME man. You are like a newer Charlie Pride. Love ur music sir.

  • @donaldewert2332
    @donaldewert2332 5 місяців тому

    I love the lp Color Me Country by Linda Martell, the first black female to make Billboard country charts and Grand Ole Opry.

  • @michaeldecker1106
    @michaeldecker1106 Рік тому

    Always love you Darius!

  • @mikem3789
    @mikem3789 9 місяців тому

    Seems every individual human being has fans and foes, those who like and those who dislike, everyone. Hopefully he is able to retain (focus) on the individuals who are worthy of being paid attention to. As with any form of abuse. It seems, from his days of the band, many fans, appreciate his talents, him as an individual, as a human being. 😊

  • @sirisongbird
    @sirisongbird 2 роки тому +1

    He's married to a white woman Yes, I said it. Do we feel a way about it? Yes and I am NOT ALONE. In fact, I can see how & why a white man would be offended by his marriage to a white female. He says "the people around you", meaning whites. He can't even say whites. Say whatever you want, nature did not create black people in white countries. Slavery did. He is a part of the problem.
    YES, I SAID IT.
    Re: Dixie Chicks, EVERY music genres is biased. Everything is biased & everyone is offended by everything. It's always been that way. I say what people think but don't have the guts to say it out loud.

  • @tonilynn413
    @tonilynn413 2 роки тому +1

    I get it about the kids. My husband and I are from south Carolina but we went to north Carolina to pick my brother before we got there we stopped at a store to get gas this little girl looked at my husband as well were going in and she says ooo look mommy a black people. The mom covered the little girls mouth while pushing her out the door.

  • @vg4life
    @vg4life 2 роки тому

    He seems more than a therapist than an interviewer/journalist. Why I never heard of this guy before?

  • @filmgirlLisa
    @filmgirlLisa 3 роки тому +7

    Never was a big fan of his genre of music, but wow a powerful interview.

  • @drumsNstuff79
    @drumsNstuff79 Рік тому

    When I lived in Memphis Tennessee as a teenager my mom volunteered for a summer program. We are Methodist and the Methodist church had a family center right in the heart of the poorest black neighborhoods down in the city. All the white people, like me and my family lived in the all white super safe suburbs an hour out of town. But we drove into the city to do this summer program the family center created called Final Net for the poorest black kids. it was for any kid at that level really, but they happened to be all black from the housing projects and slum apartments. A whole slew of Methodist churches took them for a week and did games, activities and fed them fun meals. We took trips to museums, the movies, all over the place. All of these children had never done any of that before and we kept them away from the older gang kids out on the streets. These kids were the sweetest, funniest, cutest, nicest, most well behaved little souls I ever had the privilege to meet. But Memphis was so self segregated in the dumbest way. You knew these kids would never get any opportunities to break that poverty. Blacks lived in mid town, the poorer lived downtown, the whites an hour away in all whitebread burbs. They didn't mix. Even at a special "Love Thy Neighbor" Easter service with the big black baptist megachurch and the biggest white baptist megachurch we went to they sat on opposite sides of the basketball arena they held it at. The National Civil Rights museum is down there at the Lorraine motel. Where MLK was shot. It is a must see. But it makes me wonder if Memphis learned anything. After moving away a few years later my brother heard about the black families moving on out of midtown onto the burbs where we had lived. The white folks there all created an uproar and didn't like it one bit. They all moved one or two towns over according to an old friend who had been there when our town began to change. It was another white flight. There were many racist comments in the newspaper about it, about how crime and drugs and seediness would come in.. (they never did to this day.) I couldn't believe it. I heard from my old friend that all my classmates, our friendly neighbors, even my other childhood friends all flew out of town over time and had some harsh comments and fear. I had lived in Boston Mass. since I was ten (a native New Englander) so I was not a native southerner, but felt I adapted and kind of fit in with my buds when my family moved there. But then I felt as if I hadn't really known them at all...

  • @gregoryfoster8179
    @gregoryfoster8179 Рік тому

    Real class act.

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 Рік тому

    Darius is a really cool guy.

  • @Scott.V.Grube1
    @Scott.V.Grube1 Рік тому +1

    I will never cry over a criminal.

  • @bofootball30
    @bofootball30 Рік тому

    Rucker rules

  • @bassreeves1838
    @bassreeves1838 3 роки тому +1

    Circus continue !!

  • @johnallen7230
    @johnallen7230 11 місяців тому +1

    ****INTERVIEW Marshall Mather (aka Eminem) about the RACISM HE HAS FACED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY!!!

  • @allanstephenson9336
    @allanstephenson9336 2 роки тому +1

    It's not about Color. People are to uptight now days. Good an bad in comes in all colors. Its about the person and sad how dam uptight people get now days. I'm old. I. Love life and dont care if someone likes me or not. I'm me handle it !!

  • @catwomen3557
    @catwomen3557 Рік тому +1

    😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @Taylordessalines
    @Taylordessalines Рік тому +1

    So he’s buried his head in the sand and went vanilla all his life and NOW that it’s trending wants to “speak up” gtfoh.

  • @evelynparker6317
    @evelynparker6317 10 місяців тому +1

    Darius Rucker, Thank-you for using your platform to share the truth.

    • @nmsd31
      @nmsd31 10 місяців тому

      One sided narrative.

  • @jsmith4972
    @jsmith4972 4 місяці тому

    It will be as long as you breath life into it. Ask Morgan Freeman!!!

  • @misteriknow2069
    @misteriknow2069 10 місяців тому +1

    Crazy how America hasn’t learned anything from 2020 smh…

  • @RedCapVII
    @RedCapVII Рік тому

    Undeniably wether you are black white racist whatever, one fact remains, Darius Rucker is one of the greatest country artist to ever put pen to paper

  • @leifberg3379
    @leifberg3379 Рік тому

    Hope The Games Good....

  • @BubbaG932
    @BubbaG932 3 роки тому +1

    I loved his music. But if he think's there is racism in country music then why was he number one for so long?? I didn't realize he was a fool. I'm gonna be moving on down the trail see y'all

  • @BusPodcast24
    @BusPodcast24 2 роки тому +4

    He’s dealt with racism his whole life ……. Yet he made his millions from the people he is talking about. These people are all funny. He is opening his mouth now because he’s already made his millions. Lol

  • @gregorydavis764
    @gregorydavis764 Рік тому

    I found out that it was a black man who sung the wagon wheel song, and me being a political nut job had to see what your politics are. Thank you for this interview.

  • @JoeyKnight-t3m
    @JoeyKnight-t3m Рік тому

    I'm from south Carolina love them gamecocks I don't know where you growed up maybe there some bad people but for as I no white love your

  • @robertlouisburns
    @robertlouisburns 9 місяців тому

    It is strange that some whites won’t listen to a black people sing country music yet there are middle class whites who listen to low talent rap music that talks about situations that are not a part of their world.