tobyMac Biography:
Growing up in the VA suburbs adjacent to DC, tobyMac (aka Kevin Michael McKeehan) remembers falling in love with the beats, rhymes and production of early rap. “I remember hearing a Kurtis Blow/Trouble Funk song on the radio and going to a local record store, and they didn’t have it. Since I couldn’t drive yet, I took the Metrorail into downtown DC and found a store that had that song; I bought the Sugarhill Gang’s Rappers Delight that day as well. From there, it just caught fire. I fell in love with hip-hop music."
tobyMac has always been a man driven and committed in every area of his life, whether it's as a husband, father, performer, song-writer and producer, businessman or President of Gotee Records. And while he's "arrived" by anyone's standards, the Grammy nominations, gold records and number one singles haven't slowed him down one bit. He's as committed today as a "success" as he was as a new face in Christian / Gospel music.
tobyMac Photos:
tobyMac News :
- tobyMac on Tour
- Camp Electric 2009
- tobyMac Wins at 2009 GRAMMYs
- tobyMac Wins at 2008 Doves
- tobyMac Gets a GRAMMY nod (2008)
- tobyMac Goes Gold ... Twice in One Night!
- tobyMac Wins at 2006 Doves
- tobyMac Wins at 36th Annual GMA Awards
- Atmosphere - tobyMac - Song of the Week
- What's Up With tobyMac?
- tobyMac to Release Welcome to Diverse City this Fall
tobyMac Fun & Facts:
- tobyMac has 5 kids - Truett (aka TruDog), twins Moses and Marlee, Leo and Judah. The twins were adopted in 2002.
- His wife, Amanda, is from Jamaica and they were married in 1994.
- tobyMac attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and that is where he met Kevin Max and Michael Tait
- Some of his faves are: the color green, golf and popcorn
- tobyMac owns Gotee Records and he is the creator/founder of the E.R.A.C.E. Foundation, a non-profit that promotes racial reconciliation.
- Top tobyMac Songs
- tobyMac Lyrics Quiz
- dcTalk Profile
tobyMac Discography:
- Alive & Transported (2008) - Compare Prices
- Portable Sounds (2007) - Compare Prices
- Renovating Diverse City, (2005) - Compare Prices
- Welcome to Diverse City, (2004) Compare Prices
- Re:Mix Momentum, (2003) Compare Prices
- Momentum, (2001) Compare Prices
tobyMac Books:
- Welcome to Diverse City (Compare Prices)
- Living Under God (Compare Prices)
- Under God (Compare Prices)
tobyMac Links:
tobyMac Dove Awards:
2008
- Artist of the Year
- Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
- Short Form Music Video of the Year
2006
- Rock Recorded Song of the Year
- Special Event Album of the Year for Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
2005
2003
- Short Form Music Video of the Year for Irene
2002
As a member of dcTalk, Toby won:
- 2001 - Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for Dive
- 2000 - Long Form Music Video of the Year for The Supernatural
- 1999 - Special Event Album of the Year for Exodus
- 1998 - Short Form Music Video of the Year for Colored People
- 1997 - Short Form Music Video of the Year for Jesus Freak, Rock Recorded Song of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
- 1996 - Rock Recorded Song of the Year, Artist of the Year
- 1995 - Rap Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
- 1994 - Rap Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year, Rock Recorded Song of the Year
- 1993 - Rap Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
- 1992 - Long Form Music Video of the Year for Rap, Rock & Soul, Rap Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
- 1991 - Rap Hip Hop Album of the Year
dcTalk also won four Grammy's - all for Best Rock Gospel Album - in 1993, 1996, 1997 & 2001.
