Darius Rucker Racist Tweet; Musician Told to 'Leave Country to the White Folk'
Darius Rucker traded his pop sensibilities for a country twang back in 2008. However, the former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman was recently accosted by a narrow-minded twitter user.
Twitter handle @pqkullman told the musician to "leave country to the white folk" following Rucker's cover of Bob Dylan's "Wagon Wheel" while performing at the Grand Ole Opry, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Rucker made the jump from pop to country when he released his first solo album Learn to Live. The project went on to receive platinum status while his second album, Charleston, SC 1966, was certified gold. Needless to say, he is not new to the country genre.
Rucker was not willing to take the comment in silence and he retweeted the statement on May 19 followed by "WOW. Is this 2013 or 1913."
Not long after Rucker further tweeted "Ill take my grand ole Opry membership and leave your racism. Wow."
Rucker's latest work, True Believers, hit stores today. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Rucker mentioned his shock at receiving the tweet.
"Sometimes people will say, 'You're not country,' and I know what that means, because they can't be talking about the music," Rucker said. "But when somebody says to leave country music to the white folks, that is unbelievable to me . . . But that's life. That's something that I'm going to have to deal with the rest of my career, because I'm a black guy in country music and there are people who don't like that. But it's not going to make me quit."
