Hootie Babylon! Darius Rucker Tells All

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Hootie Babylon! Darius Rucker Tells All

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Jul 3, 2024

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Darius Rucker looks back at Hootie and the Blowfish's hard-partying early days (they once bulk-purchased $32,000 worth of ecstasy!), the making of his greatest hits, and much, much more in our career-spanning new interview
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