![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after the signing of the recording contract the trio moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and called themselves "DC Talk and the One Way Crew". The success of the group's demo tape eventually led to a recording contract with Forefront Records in January 1989. This album would be re-released by Forefront the following year. In 1988, the group independently released their self titled album, a cassette only release. All three moved off campus to live together. The two became friends and Max was introduced to McKeehan. Max was approached by Tait after performing The Imperials's "Lord of the Harvest" during a chapel session. Kevin Max Smith came from a campus rock band to join the group. The tape included "Heavenbound" and was distributed by the group in the Washington D.C. The song was well received, selling out the approximately 3,000 copies of their demo tape, Christian Rhymes to a Rhythm. ![]() They performed the song before an audience of 8,000 Liberty students with McKeehan rapping and Tait singing the chorus. The two joined forces to record a song that McKeehan had written, "Heavenbound". He also performed solo, what TobyMac later described as a "kind of an R&B/church-oriented music". Tait had previously been featured on Jerry Falwell's The Old Time Gospel Hour and with the Falwell Singers. While attending Liberty University, Toby McKeehan met Michael Tait, and the two began to perform together. In 2017, the band reunited for a cruise, and did so again in 2019. They are currently on hiatus and no announcements of new albums have been made. The trio's last two albums, Jesus Freak and Supernatural, were predominantly pop rock. Their third album, Free at Last, also mainly took influence from hip hop while the group's music began to incorporate rock and other influences. Its first two releases, DC Talk and Nu Thang, were predominantly hip hop. The group's musical style evolved significantly throughout its career. They performed and recorded individual songs together several times during the 2000s, although the group never officially reunited or disbanded. Since that time, DC Talk has been on an indefinite hiatus, and the three band members all have led solo careers and two have joined other groups. In 2001, the group released an EP, Solo, which contained two solo songs from each member. In 2002, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music called DC Talk "the most popular overtly Christian act of all time." They released five major studio albums together: DC Talk (1989), Nu Thang (1990), Free at Last (1992), Jesus Freak (1995), and Supernatural (1998). The group was formed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. DC Talk (stylized as dc Talk) is a Christian rap and rock trio. ![]()
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