- Lead singer of soft rock/pop band Hootie & the Blowfish.
- When Rucker's "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (2008) cracked the Billboard country charts, Rucker joined Charley Pride and Ray Charles in the trinity of only African-Americans to date (2012) to conquer country music.
- Ranked in Golf Digest magazine's "Top 100 in Music" (December 2006 issue) as tied for 15th place with Jason Scheff and Justin Timberlake, with a six-handicap.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 4, 2023.
- Released his first solo record "Back to Then" on July 30, 2002. The album featured "Sometimes I Wonder", a duet with Jill Scott.
- Is a huge fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks as well as the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Reds.
- Friends with golfer Tiger Woods.
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