# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darius-rucker
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:52:13.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darius-rucker"
name: "Darius Rucker"
slug: "darius-rucker"
description: "Darius Carlos Rucker is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim \"Soni\" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber. The band released five studio albums with Rucker as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the other members of the band."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darius_Rucker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.22
  momentum:             4.521953221173574
  historical:           15.29920133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1020000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dariusrucker.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/dariusrucker/"
    handle:    "dariusrucker"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@dariusrucker"
    handle:    "dariusrucker"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Dariusrucker"
    handle:    "Dariusrucker"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/dariusrucker"
    handle:    "dariusrucker"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748519/"
    handle:    "nm0748519"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FY5V3XMwlNBPitEjXowHQ"
    handle:    "7FY5V3XMwlNBPitEjXowHQ"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB-TQff4X_2z6QejzXDXIbw"
    handle:    "@dariusrucker"
    followers: 1020000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "داريوس روكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داريوس روكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "داریوس راکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "داریوس راکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Ракер, Дариус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Darius_Rucker"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ae70f76-ea53-4cc5-906e-d47a384202a1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160044"
    title: "Darius Rucker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump