21 Years: Christian rapper TobyMac releases emotional track ...

Christian hip-hop artist TobyMac releases a tune in honor of his son Truett who died in October. Pic credit score: @ImageCollect.com/Admedia Subscribe to our celeb e-newsletter!

Christian rapper TobyMac (Toby McKeehan) launched a song and video on Friday as a tribute to his son, Truett Foster McKeehan, who died in October from an unintended overdose of fentanyl and amphetamines.

Truett changed into mentioned useless after paramedics answered to a cardiac arrest name at a condominium on Harlin force in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, October 23.

TobyMac titled his new music 21 Years, a reference to Truett's age at the time he died.

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TobyMac took to Twitter and Instagram on January 9 to publish an announcement about his son's dying and the song in his honor.

"21 years is a track I wrote about the recent passing of my firstborn son, Truett Foster McKeehan. I adored him with all my heart. until whatever thing in existence hits you this hard, you on no account be aware of how you will address it."

TobyMac noted writing  21 Years "felt like a decent confession of the questions, ache, anger, doubt, mercy and promise that describes the journey I'm probably most effective beginning."

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— TobyMac (@tobymac) January 10, 2020

in keeping with The Tennessean, the Grammy Award-successful Christian rapper sings within the refrain:

"Are you singin' with the angels?/ Are you chuffed where you're?/ neatly, except this demonstrate is over/ and also you run into my hands/ God has you in Heaven/ but I have you ever in my heart."

Truett turned into the eldest of TobyMac's five babies, in response to NBC. He become following within the footsteps of his father as an aspiring rapper. He launched songs below a couple of names, together with Truett Foster, TRU, truDog, and Shiloh.

TobyMac had launched a heartfelt observation after Truett's demise in October. within the statement, he described his son as a "magnetic" young man with an "untamable grand character and dreams to fit."

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Truett Foster Mckeehan had joy that took the room when he entered. He became a magnetic son and brother and friend. in case you met him, you knew him, you remembered him. His smile, his chortle, the encouragement he offered with phrases and even without. He had an untamable grand personality and goals to match. And he hated being put in a container. He expressed himself throughout the tune he made. And by way of made I imply, written, recorded, produced, blended, and designed the paintings. All of it. a true artist. His first demonstrate turned into per week ago, and it was nothing short of electric powered. everyone felt it, everyone knew it. He may've simply taken the effortless route and put track out when he become 12, 14, 16, even 18, but he always talked about he wanted to are living some existence and have anything to claim earlier than h e did it. He didn't wish to be a toddler star, he desired to be a person with scars and a narrative to tell. I at all times admired, revered and encouraged that stand. Truett all the time had a delicate spot for God. The Bible moved him. His coronary heart changed into warm to the things of his King. He turned into by using no capability a cookie cutter Christian but give me a believer who fights to preserve believing. supply me a damaged man who acknowledges his want for a Savior anytime. That's who Truett changed into and how he should still be remembered. My last moment with Truett in adult turned into at his first reveal this previous Thursday on the manufacturing unit in Franklin, Tennessee. I had to depart the subsequent morning very early to fly and begin our Canadian tour. As I stood within the viewers and watched my son deliver joy to a room, i used to be as proud as a "pop" (as tru referred to as me) may be. It turned into the culminating moment of a dream that he had due to the fact he became 12. It couldn't had been sweeter. Our track, and what we are saying lyrically couldn't be more distinctive, but the effect was a great deal the identical… offering a room crammed with individuals a couple of minutes of joy in a loopy world. Our final text change is shared above (swipe). My spouse and that i would need the realm to grasp this… We don't follow God because we now have some variety of under-the-desk cope with Him, like, we'll observe you if you bless us. We observe God because we adore Him. It's our honor. he's the God of the hills and the valleys. And he is attractive chiefly things.

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TobyMac rose to repute as a member of the Christian neighborhood DC talk within the late Nineteen Eighties and Nineties. He began a solo profession after the community broke up in 1999. He has released a few solo albums, together with Momentum, Welcome to distinctive city, transportable Sounds, here's no longer a look at various, and The facets.

he's a varied Grammy Award-winner with several singles that hit No. 1 on Billboard's Christian Songs chart. he's  surest normal for songs corresponding to I just need You, Me without You, long past, Made to love, and Lose My Soul.

In honor of Truett, TobyMac and his household launched the Truett Foster basis to carry schooling money for underprivileged youths.