He’s won three Grammys and sold millions of records, but when Darius Rucker was growing up in Charleston, S.C., he wasn’t the best singer in his house—his mother, Carolyn, was. “She sang effortlessly beautifully,” Rucker recalls of his mom, who died of a heart attack in 1992. “She’s been gone for so long, but I still think about her every day. I hope I’m making her proud.”
Though Rucker, 57, has scaled the charts—both with his rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which reunited for an album and tour in 2019, and as a solo country star—he’s never left his humble roots in the rearview. Rucker still lives in South Carolina, where he raised his three children, daughter Daniela, 22, and son Jack, 18 (whom he shares with his ex Beth, 56), and daughter Carolyn, 28, from a previous relationship. And now he’s named his new album Carolyn’s Boy (out Oct. 6) after the single mom who raised him. “Charley Pride gave me great advice,” Rucker says of the late country legend. “He always said, ‘Just keep being you. When you stop being you, it’s not real. That’s why you made it, because people know this s--- is real. They can tell when you sing it.’” Here Rucker opens up about heeding that advice, cracking country music as a Black artist and how his kids keep him grounded.
Success is best when it’s enjoyed with loved ones.
Denne historien er fra October 16, 2023-utgaven av People US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra October 16, 2023-utgaven av People US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
31 Food Faves!
THE PEOPLE, STORIES AND TRENDS THAT INSPIRED US THIS YEARIN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN
WILL FERRELL AND HARPER STEELE'S 30-YEAR FRIENDSHIP - TWO FOR THE ROAD
THEY MET ON SNL AND FORGED A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP. NOW, WITH THEIR CROSS-COUNTRY DOCUMENTARY, THEY'VE CREATED A LIFE-CHANGING FILM
Kate Winslet's Bold Gamble
THE ACTRESS AND PRODUCER OVERCAME SEXISM AND SELF-DOUBT TO BRING THE STORY OF WWII PHOTOGRAPHER LEE MILLER TO THE SCREEN
NELLY FURTADO NEVIS - FINDS SWEET HARMONY WITH DAUGHTER
THE POP STAR AND MOM OF 3 000 BUILT A UNIQUE BOND WITH HER OLDEST CHILD AND WORKED THROUGH HER BIGGEST HEARTBREAK WHILE MAKING HER NEW ALBUM
JENNIFER ANISTON - Puppy Love
INSPIRED BY HER OWN BELOVED DOGS, THE STAR LAUNCHES A SERIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND A FUND TO HELP ANIMAL RESCUES.
A Lot of Love, Just Not a Lot of Time
SKYLAR BERNSTEIN IS A 22-YEAR-OLD RECENT COLLEGE GRAD-AND SHE'S DYING. BUT A CHICAGO-BASED GROUP HELPED HER, JUST LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS, HAVE A 'DREAM' CEREMONY WITH THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
KRISTEN BELL - Living by Her Own Rules
THE SELF-DESCRIBED NURTURER TALKS ABOUT HER THEATER BEGINNINGS, GRAVITATING TOWARD JOYFUL PROJECTS AND WHY SHE ALWAYS PUTS FAMILY BEFORE WORK.
Sean Diddy' Combs INSIDE HIS SHOCKING SEX CHIME 'CHARGES
THE RAPPER AND MOGUL NOW SITS BEHIND BARS, ACCUSED OF RUNNING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, KIDNAPPING, ARSON AND MORE WHILE ABUSING NUMEROUS PEOPLE. WHAT'S NEXT AS HE VOWS TO FIGHT THE ALLEGATIONS
LISA MARIE PRESLEY'S DAUGHTER RILEY KEOUGH - 'I Want to Give Voice to My Mother'
A MONTH BEFORE HER SUDDEN DEATH, LISA MARIE ASKED HER DAUGHTER RILEY KEOUGH TO HELP HER FINISH HER MEMOIR FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN. NOW RILEY IS SHARING HER MOM'S 'EXTRAORDINARY, VERY HUMAN' STORY
Kate Middleton Makes Her Return to the Public Eye
Princess Kate was seen in public for the first time since her chemotherapy ended when she joined Prince William at church near Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sept. 22.