Hip-hop was birthed in the summer of 1973, the same summer that, on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Buffett was being celebrated for getting drunk and making love. Fifty summers later, while The ...

Kenny Chesney is well-known for his laid-back beach songs, and he crossed genre lines when he teamed with Uncle Kracker for “When the Sun Goes Down.” Uncle Kracker’s real name is Matthew Shafer, and ...

Uncle Kracker released a mostly rock-rap album in 2000, “Double Wide,” an effort to carve out a solo career after years as Kid Rock’s DJ. A single, “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” bombed. So his record label ...

In 2004, Uncle Kracker collaborated with Kenny Chesney on the tropical country hit “When the Sun Goes Down.” Country star Kenny Chesney, left, is joined by rocker Uncle Kracker as they perform "When ...

The Motor City's latest, and admittedly unlikely, homegrown redneck mutha is Uncle Kracker. Detroit's Uncle Kracker - along with best bud Kid Rock and Jack White - are unequivocal evidence that the ...

In speaking with Uncle Kracker, the rock-pop-with-a-dash-of-country star, one gets the sense that he’s really, really happy. “I am,” said Matthew Shafer, aka Uncle Kracker, by phone en route to a ...

Uncle Kracker brought new music and new stories to his first-ever interview with Taste of Country. The "Follow Me" singer revealed why his entire team hated on him for that mega-hit and shared a Kid ...