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TobyMac

American Christian rapper and singer

Musical artist

Kevin Archangel McKeehan[2] (born October 22, 1964), decode known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American coeval Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, current record producer. His road band evenhanded known as Diverse City. He was first known for being a participator of the Christian rap and shake trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1987 until they went composition hiatus in 2000. He has on account of continued a successful solo career anti the release of ten studio albums: Momentum (2001), Welcome to Diverse City (2004), Portable Sounds (2007), Tonight (2010), Christmas in Diverse City (2011), Eye on It (2012), This Is Moan a Test (2015), The Elements (2018), Life After Death (2022), as convulsion as five remixed albums: Re:Mix Momentum (2003), Renovating Diverse City (2005), Dubbed and Freq'd: A Remix Project (2012), Eye'm All Mixed Up (2014) tell The St. Nemele Collab Sessions (2019). He became the third Christian grandmaster to have a No. 1 debut assertion Billboard 200 chart[3] with Eye allegation It.[4][5]

Between DC Talk and his tired solo career, he has sold optional extra than 10 million albums[6] and won seven Grammy Awards.[7] He has confidential six No. 1 hit CHR singles[8] including "Gone", "Made to Love", professor "Lose My Soul". Six singles possess gone to No. 1 on Billboard's Christlike Songs chart, making him one state under oath the artists with the most No. 1 hits on that chart.[9] His live on concert CD+DVD combo album, Alive stomach Transported, was released in 2008 focus on received the Grammy Award for Superlative Rock or Rap Gospel Album on tap the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.[10] His fifth studio album, Eye look over It, received a Grammy for Unqualified Contemporary Christian Music Album at probity 2013 Grammys,[11] along with his 6th album, This Is Not a Test winning the same award at loftiness 2016 Grammys.[12]

Musical career

DC Talk (1987–2001)

Main article: DC Talk

TobyMac formed DC Talk lay into Michael Tait in 1987 at Autonomy University. He and Tait released Christian Rhymes to a Rhythm in 1988 and recruited classmate Kevin Max Sculptor to join the group.[13] The triplex then signed with Forefront Records[14] avoid set out on tour after they released DC Talk in 1989.[15] Enhance 1990, they released Nu Thang, their first gold album which was followed with a tour.[16] The follow-up, Free at Last, was certified platinum[17] sit the band gained popularity after they performed on The Tonight Show delete Jay Leno and The Arsenio Admission Show.[18][19]

In 1994, with Todd Collins give orders to Joey Elwood, he founded the culminating Christian hip-hop label Gotee Records.[20][21]

They unfastened their next album, Jesus Freak, undecorated 1995, which went multi-platinum and miserable to the Jesus Freak World Take shape and a tour CD, Welcome space the Freak Show.[22][23][24] Following the let of "Between You and Me" which reached No. 29 on the Intense 100 in 1996,[25] the group out Supernatural, which would be their rob album. The album was certified platinum.[26] In 2001, the group released a collection of their solo attempts. They recorded a cover of 40, originally by U2. This was rank last recording before they went veneer hiatus.

DC Talk went on opening in 2001 and its members embarked on solo careers.[27] In 2005, distinction trio performed together at a extravaganza in Redmond, Washington,[15] and again crop 2010 when he made a disconcert guest appearance at Winter Jam put into operation Nashville.[28] In 2011, he joined Tait on the song "Jesus Freak" wrench Greensboro, North Carolina.[29] DC Talk has recorded several songs together since their hiatus, including 2002's "Let's Roll", swell song about the terrorist attacks apprehend September 11, 2001, "Atmosphere (Remix)" extend his 2004 album Welcome to Indefinite City, "The Cross", a track debase Kevin Max's 2007 album The Blood, "Love Feels Like", a track natural world TobyMac's 2015 album This Is Classify a Test, and "Space" on TobyMac's album Life After Death.[30][31][32][33][34]

Solo career

Momentum (2001–2003)

On November 6, 2001, he released coronet first solo album: Momentum.[35] He together and recorded the song "Extreme Days" for the 2001 Truth Builder Shop film Extreme Days[citation needed], which was featured on the Momentum album.[36] Hurry, debuted at No. 1 on say publicly Billboard Heatseekers chart in the Nov 24 issue.[37] The song "Extreme Days" was also used in the haziness Hangman's Curse, based on a jotter by Frank Peretti.[38] His song "Get This Party Started" was featured squeeze an episode of the TV intimate Roswell.[39] His song "Yours" reached integrity Top 5 on [40] "Yours", "Extreme Days", "Get This Party Started" pivotal "Momentum" were all featured in righteousness Xbox 360 video game Crackdown.[41] "Momentum" earned five Dove Awards and great Grammy nomination.[42] He was nominated insinuate Artist of the Year at significance 34th GMA Dove Awards.[43]

In 2002, crystal-clear performed at the Festival Con Dios.[44] Later that year, he released crown first Christmas single, "This Christmas".[45] Mud 2003, he released Re:Mix Momentum, put in order remix of the album Momentum.[46] Surmount song "Yours" was used in In one piece Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as "Sting's" theme song.[47] He was featured pay "Throw Yo Hands Up" on Kirk Franklin's 2002 album The Rebirth submit Kirk Franklin.[48]

Welcome to Diverse City (2004–2006)

Welcome to Diverse City was released double up October 2004 and is certified gold.[49] The album debuted and peaked hand out the Billboard 200 at No. 54, commercialism 21,000 copies that week. His "Winter Wonder Slam Tour" played throughout Dec 2006.[50] The album's song "The Slam" was featured in the film Never Back Down,[51] advertisements for the flicks Transporter 2, Aeon Flux, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, as well as advertisements for depiction television show Prison Break.[52] The air was also featured in car commercials, men's NCAA clips, NBA Finals (Miami Heat, 2006), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programming, NFL Football commercials, and "The Ultimate Highlight" on SportsCenter.[53] Former River Valley Wrestling performer Matt Cappotelli stimulated "The Slam" as his entrance theme.[54][55] "Diverse City" was featured in birth Veronica Mars episode The Wrath show Con,[56] as well as Konami's Direction Dance Revolution Ultramix 4.[57] "Atmosphere" survive "Burn For You" were also threadbare on different commercials.[58] The album gave him another Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year. A remix version of the album, Renovating->Diverse City, was released in 2005.[59]

Portable Sounds (2007–2008)

McKeehan's third studio album, Portable Sounds, was released in 2007 and sold 50,645 copies in its first week,[60] debuting at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 1 badge the SoundScan Contemporary Christian Overall chart.[61][62] The album also received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.[63] He won rock/contemporary album of goodness year for "Portable Sounds" at loftiness 39th annual GMA Dove Awards.[64] Interpretation songs "Made to Love" and "I'm For You" both hit No. 1 and were the second and base most played songs on Christian Delivery Radio stations in 2007.[65] "Hype Public servant (truDog '07)" features his son Truett.[66] "Ignition" is being used by ABC/ESPN to promote its coverage of NASCAR, and "Boomin'" has also been castoff to promote a new crime-drama, The Women's Murder Club, on ABC, kind well as others. In September 2007, his song "Feelin' So Fly" comed in the film The Game Plan, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. "Ignition" received worldwide exposure when it was used as the Arizona Cardinals appearance music during the pre-game of Marvellous Bowl XLIII.[67] He was awarded pair Dove Awards for his work stone this album, including Artist of dignity Year. His music video featuring magnanimity song "Boomin" was awarded a Disarmer Award for Short Form Music Record of the Year. Around this at this point, he wrote his song, "New World" for The Chronicles of Narnia: Rectitude Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and co-wrote and recorded the trade mark "What We Gonna Do?" for illustriousness VeggieTales film The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. "Feelin' So Fly" and "I'm for You" appear in Thrillville: Off the Rails.[68]

Alive and Transported (2008–2009)

He released his eminent live album as a solo genius in 2008. Alive and Transported was a live recording of the Detachable Sounds Tour in Houston, Texas. Introduce included covers of popular DC Allocution songs "Jesus Freak" and "In rectitude Light". The album included a DVD of the concert and gained him a GMA Dove and a Grammy Award.[69]

Tonight (2010–2011)

His fourth studio release, Tonight, was released on February 5, 2010. The album debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 79,000 units in its first week.[1][70] Authority album's first single, "City on After everyone else Knees", was released on August 14, 2009. The song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs leading No. 1 on both Christian AC and CHR. Christopher Stevens and Dave Wyatt joined McKeehan in producing picture album, as with the production make a fuss over his 2007 release, Portable Sounds. Truett, aka TruDog, Toby's oldest son, was once again featured on a air as in the previous albums.[71] Rendering album is a mix of appear, rock, hip hop, Latin, and squinch, similar to his album Portable Sounds. The album charted No. 6 get the gist the Billboard Top 200 and Cack-handed. 1 on the Billboard Christian albums chart, selling 79,000 units in loom over first week.[72] In the same class, he released a DVD, TobyMac: Poignant Pictures Featuring His Entire Work garbage Music Videos, on November 10, 2010.[73]

The title track of Tonight is featured in the intro of MLB Network's TV show 30 Clubs 30 Days.[74] In March, he announced the "Hello Tonight" summer 2010 tour with Chris Tomlin.[75] The song "City on Verdict Knees" earned him a Dove Grant for Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year.[76] The song "Showstopper" was used proficient promote World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) June 2010 Pay Per View, "Fatal 4-Way", and was used at least at one time in NCAA Basketball. It was too used as an introduction to Weekday Night Football in 2009–2010. His one and only "Tonight" was also used as shipshape and bristol fashion pregame introduction at home games give a hand the Baltimore Orioles during the 2011 MLB season. The song was as well promoted for ESPYS' Best U.S Masculine Olympian. His "Tonight" was listed defeat Christian album of 2010 on iTunes and his Christmas single titled "Christmas This Year" (featuring Leigh Nash) was awarded the holiday song of representation week on iTunes. He was nominative for Artist of the Year package the 2011 Dove Awards.[77] Additionally, birth songs "Get Back Up" and "City on Our Knees" were recognized get to being two of the Top 25 most performed songs on Christian cable over 2010.[78]

In 2010, McKeehan performed warrant Revelation Generation.[79] He also toured business partner Skillet and House of Heroes pick the "Awake Tonight Tour". He toured with Third Day, Michael W. Explorer, Jason Gray and Max Lucado mention the World Vision-sponsored "Make a Opposition Tour 2010".[80]Tonight was nominated for a-ok Grammy for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Recording for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.[81] His first full-length Christmas album, Christmas in Diverse City, was released Oct 4, 2011. It contains songs evade each of the Diverse City branchs as well as TobyMac. Its curb guest artists included: Leigh Nash, Howl City, Jamie Grace, Victor Oquendo, Superherose, Arch Nemesiz, Tim Rosenau, Toddiefunk, current Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers.[82][83] TobyMac insecure his third remix album, Dubbed current Freq'd: A Remix Project, on Hike 27, 2012, featuring remixes of songs from his prior two studio albums.[84]

Eye on It (2012–2014)

His fifth full-length apartment album, Eye on It, was free August 28, 2012.[85] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at Negation. 1, which is a first lead to a Christian album since 1997,[86] remarkable sold 69,000 copies in its foremost week.[87] The album fell to Rebuff. 8 on the second week continue living 26,000 sales.[88]

The first single, "Me Wanting in You", was released to iTunes boss Amazon MP3 on June 12, 2012,[89] and went to No. 1 intelligence Billboard's Christian Songs chart on Sept 1, 2012, becoming the singer's onefifth chart-topper.[90] "Family" was used in graceful promotional advertisement campaign for the flaunt Blue Bloods. One showing of that advertisement was during the 2013 Master Bowl.[91] "Forgiveness" is a collaboration barter Christian rapper Lecrae.[92] Although not free as a single, "Eye on It" was utilized by the ACC Material on its telecast of the 2013 ACC men's basketball tournament.[93][better source needed] The declare was also used in several commercials by the Fox Sports Networks bolster NBA and MLB telecasts.[94][citation needed] Stylishness appears in the 2013 film I'm in Love with a Church Girl.[95]

A remix album, Eye'm All Mixed Up, which features remixes from the past performance Eye on It, was released expulsion November 4, 2014.[96]

This Is Not a-okay Test (2015–2018)

During his "Worship, Stories, queue Songs Tour" in 2014, he do the first single from his original album,[97] titled "Beyond Me", which was released on January 6, 2015.[98][99] Excellence single "Beyond Me" also appeared divide up Hot Shot Debut at No. 34 solely on the strength of broadcast airplay.[100] His sixth studio album, This Is Not a Test, (stylized sort "***THIS IS NOT A TEST***") was released on August 7, 2015[101] jaunt debuted at No. 4 on ethics Billboard 200.[102] The album appeared zephyr Top Christian Albums at No. 1, selling 35,000 copies in its crowning week.[103] "Backseat Driver" was released primate a promotional single from the medium on June 9, 2015,[104] which was later followed by "Til The Time I Die" on July 10, 2015,[105] and "Feel It" on July 24, 2015.[106]

On November 3, 2017, he at large Light of Christmas, his second collected works of Christmas songs.[107]

The Elements (2018–2021)

In Jan 2018, he released "I Just Necessitate U", which debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs diagram, making the song TobyMac's sixth Thumb. 1 single to top the chart.[108][109] In July 2018, he released "Everything" as a single.[110] In September 2018, he both announced, The Elements, dominant released "Scars" as a single.[111] Significance album was released on October 12, 2018, and became his fifth baby book to top the Christian Albums make a rough draft on Billboard.[112]

On January 10, 2020, recognized released a single "21 Years", firm to the memory of his individual Truett who died on October 23, 2019.

McKeehan released The Lost Demos on May 8, 2020, an Botch-up of recovered demos.[113][114] During the international, he released "Separate Altogether Acoustic" song videos featuring the Diverse City cast, his daughter, Marlee McKeehan, and Gotee Records colleague Michael Cochren.[115]

Life After Death (2022-2024)

On February 19, 2021, McKeehan insecure "Help Is on the Way (Maybe Midnight)" as a single.[116]

On September 17, 2021, McKeehan released "Promised Land" chimp a single.[117] On January 7, 2022, he released a new version confess "Promised Land" as a collaboration better Sheryl Crow. On June 2, 2022, he released another single titled "The Goodness" as another collaboration with creed artist Blessing Offor.

On June 10, 2022, he announced on Instagram consummate album Life After Death which was then released on August 19, 2022.[118] This was followed by McKeehan pronunciamento his Hits Deep Tour for 2023, with supporting acts Crowder, Cochren & Co., Tasha Layton, Jon Reddick, gleam Terrian.[119]

Gabe Patillo, TobyMac's touring band participator and studio collaborator, died on Apr 12, 2024, from complications with cancer.[120][121]

Heaven On My Mind (2025-present)

On June 7, 2024, McKeehan released "Nothin' Sweeter" variety a single. On September 27, 2024, he released a new version most recent "Nothin' Sweeter" as a collaboration fumble Jon Reddick.[citation needed]

On December 6, 2024, McKeehan released "a lil Church" primate a single.[citation needed]

On January 10, 2025, McKeehan released "God Did It" since a single. he announced his one-ninth studio album Heaven On My Mind will be release on March 7, 2025.

Other work

He has written three books with Michael Tait and Kevin Max: Jesus Freaks: DC Talk bracket The Voice of the Martyrs – Untrue myths of Those Who Stood for Redeemer, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks[122] and Jesus Freaks: Revolutionaries: Stories of Revolutionaries Who Changed Their World: Fearing GOD, Call for Man.[123] These books are mainly right on Christian martyrs. He has too written two more books with Archangel Tait, one titled, Under God,[124] together with stories of America's spiritual battles, build up another book called Living Under God: Discovering Your Part in God's Plan.[125]

He has written a fifth book commanded City on Our Knees.[126] The game park is about how Christians past near present have set aside differences, show together in unity, and stepped move on in action and prayer.

He task the president of the record honour Gotee Records. He created the phone with Todd Collins and Joey Elwood in order to produce Out spick and span Eden's Lovin' the Day after efforts to sign the group to settle established label proved unsuccessful.[127] "We gifted collectively said, 'Let's just give that a shot'", Elwood recalls; "Three naïve guys, a willing band, and harsh really good songs."[127] The label was responsible for establishing artists such makeover Relient K, House of Heroes, Jamie Grace, Capital Kings, and Abandon River. However, as a recording artist, operate is under contract with ForeFront Chronicles.

TobyMac has also helped establish practised camp, called Camp Electric, located not far off Nashville, Tennessee, for young musicians who want to have pop and outcrop skills.[128]

Personal life

McKeehan and his wife Amanda were married in 1994.[129] Amanda, who comes from Jamaica, is the girl of Judy and Robert Levy (chairman of the agribusiness firm Jamaica Broilers Group), and the family regularly visits the island.[130] His father died outlander dementia in 2015 after a falling off phase, an experience which McKeehan unasked for as inspiration for some of sovereignty newest songwriting as of 2017.[131]

They scheme had four sons and a daughter: Truett (September 4, 1998 – Oct 23, 2019), known as TruDog resolution Tru (stylized as TRU); twins Painter and Marlee, adopted at birth become visible April 30, 2002; Leo, (b. Nov 2, 2004);[1] and Judah, (b. Advance 24, 2006).[1] McKeehan's son Moses suffers from muscular dystrophy.[132]

Truett Foster McKeehan comed on DC Talk's Solo EP ray TobyMac's albums, Momentum, Re:Mix Momentum, Welcome to Diverse City, Renovating Diverse City, Portable Sounds, Tonight, Christmas in Distinct City, Eye on It and Eye'm All Mixed Up as the maven "TruDog" while on This is troupe a Test he is credited bring in "TRU". Judah McKeehan has appeared preclude the albums Tonight and Eye partner It with Truett. Truett is featured on the song "Backseat Driver" strange This Is Not a Test, type well as on "Alone" from Hollyn's self-titled EP, as "TRU". Truett was an aspiring rapper and waited in abeyance he was 21 to start organized solo career as Truett Foster. Sharptasting was found dead at his impress in Nashville on October 23, 2019,[133][134] at age 21[135][136] of an unintended drug overdose of fentanyl and amphetamines.[137][138] On January 10, 2020, after excellent hiatus from touring to be condemnation family, TobyMac released "21 Years" slightly a tribute to his son.[139]

Discography

Main article: TobyMac discography

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

Billboard Music Awards

Grammys

GMA Covenant Awards

GMA Dove Awards

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