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Darius Rucker says the media got over-excited about his recent misdemeanor arrest: “When you’re known as the nice guys and the good guys… people want to take any chance to knock you down"

The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman and country star looks back — and explains why no one should worry about him after his misdemeanor arrest

We’re at that point where I think most bands would love to be when they’re starting out — going out every few years when we feel like it, selling out these big arenas and amphitheaters, seeing all the people just having fun. I was over there for a month right before the Hootie tour, playing some nice sized places, and it was all sold out, and it was just fantastic to be over there seeing a whole new group of people loving country music. I could have thought the same thing with Hootie, going to these frat houses in the South, being called the n-word, and dealing with all that stuff, just cause I wanted to play rock & roll.

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