MINNEAPOLIS — Don't let Darius Rucker's love of golf or his sunny pontoon-country music mislead you. Nashville's biggest Black star can be one serious dude, especially when it comes to racism.
Sure, he'll talk about golf (he typically plays five days a week) or women's basketball (loves his No. 1 ranked University of South Carolina). Or his once-and-future band Hootie & the Blowfish (there will be another reunion tour someday but not without a new album) or his love of Prince (Minnesota is the only place he plays "Purple Rain" on tour).
But he'll discuss racism, the Morgan Wallen controversy and the "driving while Black" conversation he had with his 16-year-old son.
