TobyMac歌手简介:
dc Talk的灵魂人物tobyMac(原名Toby McKeehan)是组合的主唱、词曲创作者兼音乐制作人, Toby在美国华盛顿长大并接触音乐。在Liberty大学, Toby认识了乐队的另两位成员Michael Tait和Kevin Max, 三个人一拍即合, 于1987年正式建团。这支独特的融合了摇滚、流行甚至说唱元素的乐团1989年的同名首张专辑dc Talk、1990年的Nu Thang和1992年出版的Free at Last在福音音乐市场和流行音乐市场均取得了成功。接着乐团马不停蹄的进行了巡演并在巡演的途中继续创作着歌曲。1995年dc Talk的大碟Jesus Freaks出版发行再获成功。1997年, Toby、他的经纪人Dan Pitts与Gottee唱片公司的总裁Joey Elwood共同创立了E.R.A.C.E基金会, 这个非盈利组织意在促进种族间的相互理解。1998年,dc Talk签约着名的Virgin唱片公司并推出专辑Supernatural。
by Steve Leggett
Toby McKeehan, or tobyMac, as he is professionally known, grew up in northern Virginia suburbs in the shadow of Washington, D.C., where he fell in love with rap and hip hop. While attending Liberty University at Lynchburg, VA, in the mid 1980s, he met Michael Tait and Kevin Max Smith (aka/ Kevin Max), and the three friends formed the highly influential Christian pop group dc talk, which mixed elements of gospel, grunge and hip hop into an immensely successful hybrid. When dc talk ended in 1999, Mac went solo, releasing the well-received Momentum in 2001. A mixture of urban rock and hip hop, Momentum garnered five Dove Awards and a Grammy nomination, and spawned the remix album, Re: Mix Momentum, which saw light in 2003. Following pretty much the same formula, and even adding in a little dancehall reggae, McKeehan released Welcome to Diverse City in 2004. The formula worked again: the album landed Tobymac a Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year. Welcome to the Diverse City received its own album-length remix in August 2005 with the release of Renovating->Diverse City.