Darius Rucker<\/b> was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/i> during a ceremony on Monday.<\/p>\n
After being introduced by former Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman\/CEO Mike Dungan, Rucker said, “This is stuff you don’t even dream about when you’re from South Carolina. You know, struggling, growing up, and just wanting to be a singer — that’s all I ever wanted to be was a singer. But you never dream that this stuff is going to happen.”<\/p>\n
“To be here, right here with a star on the Walk of Fame, I said over there, it’s the biggest thing that’s happened to me,” added Rucker, who received the 2,766th star on Hollywood Boulevard in the category of recording. <\/p>\n
Rucker also mentioned his three children in his speech, saying, “Carrie, Dani and Jack are my heart, they’re my soul. They’re everything to me and everything I do is for them.”<\/p>\n
“As great as all this stuff is, it’s not as cool as being your dad,” he added.<\/p>\n
The Grammy-winning singer’s friends and his bandmates from Hootie & the Blowfish<\/b> were also present.<\/p>\n
Rucker recently released his latest album Carolyn’s Boy<\/i>, which pays homage to his late mother, a woman he celebrates as the sole reason for “who I am, how I am, what I am.”<\/p>\n
(Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) <\/p>\n