Darius Rucker says his drug arrest shocked him

Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker said his February drug offense “shocked” him and he believed the ordeal was the result of someone “trying to make an example of him “.

“I’ll handle it with my lawyers, I’ll pay the price, and we’ll move on with our lives,” Rucker said. People.

In early February, Rucker was arrested in Tennessee on two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of violating the state’s vehicle registration law. The singer said this week that the arrest warrant “shocked me” and added that the charges were linked to an incident in 2023 in which he was arrested and released without charge.

“It was so awesome,” Rucker said. “I mean, I thought about it and I was like, ‘I got pulled over by a cop and I had some weed, and I think some mushrooms or something in the car, and he let me go.’ And a year later, I got a phone call from a friend who said, “I think I just saw a warrant for your arrest. That shocked me.”

In February, TMZ reported that he allegedly had expired tags on his car.

Rucker continued this week: “My friends who worked in law enforcement were like, ‘Have you upset anyone here?’ Because it’s crazy that they’re doing this a year later. But I think someone wanted to make an example of me, and they did.

Rucker’s attorney said after the singer’s arrest that he was “fully cooperating with authorities related to the misdemeanor charges.”

Last October, Rucker released his first solo album in six years, Carolyn’s boy. His memoirs, Life is too shortis also available now.