Darius Rucker Has ‘Lived With Racism’ His ‘Whole Life’ And He ‘Can’t Keep Living’ Like ‘Everything Is Okay’

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Darius Rucker has lived under the shadow of systemic racism in the U.S. for long enough. Rucker, 54, spoke at length with Harry Smith on “TODAY” about how the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement has affected the Hootie and the Blowfish frontman.

RELATED: Keke Palmer Discusses The Black Lives Matter Movement “I’ve lived with racism my whole life,” Rucker said, per People. “It made me realize I can’t keep living my life like everything’s OK because everything is not OK.” Adding, “I can’t live like that anymore.

I can’t just go, ‘It’s OK,’ and go on with my life and let somebody say something that I know they shouldn’t say.” “I’m sure I’ve already lost fans… You become a rich Black man and you think racism goes away.