Country-pop singer Chase Rice played college football, worked as a pit crew
member for NASCAR drivers, and starred in the reality TV show Survivor:
Nicaragua before launching his award-winning songwriting career. Born on
September 19, 1985, in Ormond Beach, Florida, he released his debut EP, 2011's
Country as Me, following his time on Survivor. A full-length album, Dirt Road
Communion, followed in 2012, but it wasn't until Rice co-wrote Florida Georgia
Line's massively popular "Cruise" —the best-selling country song in digital
history, as well as the first country single to earn ...