TobyMac’s ‘This is Not a Test’ Earns Christian Rap Pioneer 7th Grammy Award

Christian music pioneer and hip-hop leaning artist TobyMac, took home his third solo Grammy Award (7th overall – DC Talk), for his album This is Not a Test in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Category.

Official Grammy shot. Joy obvious. True thankfulness. And as always….. For the King.

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Toby was also nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category for his song “Feel it.”

This Is Not A Test debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200, No. 1 on the Christian Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Digital Albums Chart.

Chris Tomlin’s Love Ran Red, Lauren Daigle’s How Can It Be, Jason Crabb’s Whatever The Road and Matt Maher’s Saints And Sinners were pinned against the Gotee Records founder for the award.

“Feel It” featuring Mr. Talkbox, went up against Crowder’s “Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains),” Third Day’s “Soul On Fire,” Francesca Battistelli’s “Holy Spirit” and Matt Maher’s “Because He Lives (Amen).” Battistelli ultimately took home the award.

The other Christian category winners were: Israel & Newbreed “Covered Alive in Asia [Live] (Deluxe)” for best Gospel Album, Kirk Franklin’s “Wanna be Happy” for Best Gospel Performance/Song.

The 2016 Grammys aired live on Feb. 15 from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on CBS.

Justin Sarachik
Justin Sarachik
Justin is the Editor-in-Chief of Rapzilla.com. He has been a journalist for over a decade and has written or edited for Relevant, Christian Post, BREATHEcast, CCM, Broken Records Magazine, & more. He's written over 10,000 articles, done over 1,000 interviews, and is in post-production for documentaries on Danny "D-Boy" Rodriguez & Mario "Machete" Perez. He's the project manager of the upcoming video game Run the Court and of the media brand Crimefaces. Justin likes to work with indie artists to develop their brands & marketing strategies. Catch him interviewing artists on Survival of the Artist Podcast & creating videos on his social media channels.
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