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Hootie & The Blowfish’s Darius Rucker Opens Up About Arrest In Tennessee: “I Think Somebody Wanted To Make An Example Out Of Me”

Darius Rucker is opening up about his arrest earlier this year. The Hootie & the Blowfish founder was arrested in April on misdemeanor drug charges in Tennessee.

Darius RuckerDimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images “It shocked me,” Rucker told People in an interview. Rucker is working on his new memoir, which includes his past issues with substance abuse, to which he says, “I hope my journey pleasantly surprises people and makes them go, ‘Wow.’ Not a lot of people know a lot about me. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

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