1. TobyMac formed DC Talk with Michael Tait in 1987 at Liberty University.
22 Facts About TobyMac
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TobyMac composed and recorded the song "Extreme Days" for the 2001 Truth Builder Productions film Extreme Days, which was featured on the Momentum album.
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TobyMac's song "Get This Party Started" was featured on an episode of the TV show Roswell.
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TobyMac was nominated for Artist of the Year at the 34th GMA Dove Awards.
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TobyMac was featured on "Throw Yo Hands Up" on Kirk Franklin's 2002 album The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin.
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TobyMac was awarded two Dove Awards for his work on this album, including Artist of the Year.
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TobyMac released his first live album as a solo artist in 2008.
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TobyMac's "Tonight" was listed best Christian album of 2010 on iTunes and his Christmas single titled "Christmas This Year" was awarded the holiday song of the week on iTunes.
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TobyMac was nominated for Artist of the Year at the 2011 Dove Awards.
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TobyMac toured with Skillet and House of Heroes on the "Awake Tonight Tour".
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TobyMac toured with Third Day, Michael W Smith, Jason Gray and Max Lucado on the World Vision-sponsored "Make a Difference Tour 2010".
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TobyMac released his third remix album, Dubbed and Freq'd: A Remix Project, on March 27,2012, featuring remixes of songs from his prior two studio albums.
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TobyMac appears in the 2013 film I'm in Love with a Church Girl.
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Gabe Patillo, TobyMac's touring band member and studio collaborator, died on April 12,2024, from complications with cancer.
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TobyMac has written two more books with Michael Tait, one titled, Under God, containing stories of America's spiritual battles, and another book called Living Under God: Discovering Your Part in God's Plan.
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TobyMac has written a fifth book called City on Our Knees.
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TobyMac is the president of the record label Gotee Records.
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TobyMac created the label with Todd Collins and Joey Elwood in order to produce Out of Eden's Lovin' the Day after efforts to sign the group to an established label proved unsuccessful.
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TobyMac has helped establish a camp, called Camp Electric, located near Nashville, Tennessee, for young musicians who want to have pop and rock skills.
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TobyMac's father died from dementia in 2015 after a degenerative phase, an experience which McKeehan cited as inspiration for some of his newest songwriting as of 2017.
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TobyMac was found dead at his home in Nashville on October 23,2019, at age 21 of an accidental drug overdose of fentanyl and amphetamines.
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On January 10,2020, after a hiatus from touring to be with family, TobyMac released "21 Years" as a tribute to his son.