{"id":2255172,"date":"2024-05-29T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darius-rucker-breaks-silence-on-arrest-for-drug-possession-paying-the-price\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:46:46","slug":"darius-rucker-breaks-silence-on-arrest-for-drug-possession-paying-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darius-rucker-breaks-silence-on-arrest-for-drug-possession-paying-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Rucker Speaks Out About Drug Possession Arrest: &#8216;Facing Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdarius-rucker-breaks-silence-on-arrest-for-drug-possession-paying-the-price%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country singer Darius Rucker, formerly\u2064 of Hootie &#038; the Blowfish, recently \u200dspoke about his\u2062 drug \u2064possession \u2064incident. The 58-year-old artist\u2063 was stopped in February 2023 without charges. However,\u200d he later discovered an arrest warrant. Rucker shared his perspective with People, expressing gratitude for\u200c the leniency shown during the \u200binitial\u200d encounter with law enforcement. Country singer Darius Rucker, previously\u2063 with\u2062 Hootie &#038; the Blowfish, \u200daddressed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-coast-democrat-leaders-create-safe-haven-for-out-of-state-abortion-seekers\/\" title=\"West Coast Democrat Leaders Create \"Safe Haven\" for Out-of-State Abortion Seekers\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-governor-cuomo-grants-clemency-to-illegal-aliens-to-help-them-remain-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"NY Governor Cuomo Grants Clemency To Illegal Aliens To Help Them Remain In The U.S.\">drug possession<\/a> case<\/a>. Stopped in February 2023 without charges initially,\u200d he \u200dlater\u2062 found an arrest warrant. Rucker thanked People for the initial leniency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Country singer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Darius Rucker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, former frontman for the band Hootie &#038; the Blowfish, just broke his silence about his brush with the law due to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drugs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">drug possession<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 58-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recording artist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  was pulled over in February 2023 and released without charges. He later found out there was a warrant out for his arrest. Rucker spoke with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/darius-rucker-says-february-arrest-sucks-exclusive-8654362\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  about his reaction to the pending charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was so awesome,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI mean, I looked back at that and I was like, \u2018I got stopped by a police officer and I had a little bit of pot, and I think a little bit of some mushrooms or something in the car, and he let me go.\u2019 And a year later I got a phone call from a buddy that said, \u2018I think I just saw an arrest warrant for you.\u2019 It shocked me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor\/\" title=\"SiriusXM, Pandora, CMT, iHeartRadio Pull Morgan Wallen Music Following N-Word Video Recorded By Neighbor\">country star<\/a> said he couldn\u2019t believe he was dealing with an arrest warrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy friends who were in the police department were like, \u2018Have you pissed somebody off up here? Because this is crazy that they\u2019re doing this a year later,\u2019\u201d Rucker added. \u201cBut I think somebody wanted to make an example out of me, and they did. And I\u2019m handling it with my lawyers, and paying the price, and we\u2019ll move on with our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt sucks,\u201d he said of the incident. \u201cFifty-seven years, never seen inside of a police car or jail, and I get busted for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The singer was arrested in February 2024 after the warrant was issued in December. Rucker was charged with two counts of simple possession\/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of a violation of Tennessee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-star-darius-rucker-taken-into-custody-on-drug-charges\/\" title=\"Country singer Darius Rucker arrested for drug offenses\">vehicle registration law<\/a>, per People. He was released on a $10,500 bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rucker told the outlet he\u2019s just trying to move forward and hopes fans get to know him better via his upcoming memoir, which recounts hard partying during the heyday of Hootie &#038; the Blowfish. Rucker said his ex-wife likely saved his life by giving him an ultimatum about doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chair-of-psychology-department-at-columbia-pens-book-about-taking-heroin-ecstasy-meth-bath-salts\/\" title=\"Chair Of Psychology Department At Columbia Pens Book About Taking Heroin, Ecstasy, Meth, Bath Salts\">hard drugs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hope my journey pleasantly surprises people and makes them go, \u2018Wow,\u2019\u201d the musician said. \u201cNot a lot of people know a lot about me. They know my music and what I do, but they don\u2019t know how you got there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country star Darius Rucker, ex-lead of Hootie &amp; the Blowfish, recently addressed his drug possession incident. 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