When Rucker's "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (2008) cracked the Billboard country charts, Rucker joined Charley Pride and Ray Charles in the trinity of only African-Americans to date (2012) to conquer country music.
Ranked in Golf Digest magazine's "Top 100 in Music" (December 2006 issue) as tied for 15th place with Jason Scheff and Justin Timberlake, with a six-handicap.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 4, 2023.
Released his first solo record "Back to Then" on July 30, 2002. The album featured "Sometimes I Wonder", a duet with Jill Scott.
Is a huge fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks as well as the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Reds.