Christian rap O.G.’s GRITS just celebrated their nearly 20-year-old track “Ooh-Aah (My Life Be Like)” featuring TobyMac going platinum. This song was huge in 2002 and has received so many placements over the years in spots you’d least expect. The song was originally off their smash album The Art of Translation.”Ooh-Aah (My Life Be Like)” also had a bit of a ...

As 2018 showed with films like Black Panther, Creed II, and Into the Spider-Verse, no blockbuster movie is complete without an accompanying soundtrack. Far from being simply a cash grab to run off the fumes of a successful film, the best film soundtracks embody the themes, characters, and stories of their respective movies and go deeper, transforming the cinematic journey ...

The is the final installment of our conversation with TobyMac. He’s spoken at length about the beginnings of Christian hip-hop and how DC Talk formed. Now, he shares his thoughts about the future of CHH, who’s on his radar, and his new record The Elements. Unlike prior eras of Christian hip-hop, Toby believes that there will be plenty of mainstays for ...

In part two of our interview with TobyMac about the early days of CHH, he digs deep into the DC Talk archives. The pioneer of Christian music explains his original emcee name and how he and Michael Tait “schemed” churches into playing hip-hop. “Very few people know this story,” said TobyMac. And anytime you hear that from someone with a ...

From the humble beginnings of Stephen Wiley, on to P.I.D., and D-Boy, Christian hip-hop started in the 80s as this tiny niche. No one back then could have imagined the lengths the genre would go roughly 35 years later. This slow build turned from a not accepted in the church unknown, to a mainstream crossing viable force in music. This ...

In 2018, Aaron Cole was a man on fire. From the second that New Year’s clock hit, this Virginia Boy got to work cranking out an EP and about a dozen singles. Let’s also not forget, he was on the “Sessions Tour” with Canon and Deraj, and then TobyMac’s Hits Deep Tour. Oh yeah, he was also all over Derek ...

Aaron Cole continues to buzz, this time it’s on TV. His track “Making History” was used on the ESPN 2 show, ‘NBA Rookie Special’. TEAM A COLE! Got word that tonight on ESPN 2 they’re using “Making History” for a special called “NBA Rookie Special” at 7pm/6pm central. TUNE IN!!! LETS GO ??? GOD IS THE WAVE GOD GETS THE ...

TobyMac is embarking on his yearly Hits Deep Tour and this time he’s taking one of the most versatile artists in Christian Hip-Hop – Aaron Cole. Cole is one of the newest members of Toby’s Gotee Records, who is the past has seen legends like GRITS and John Reuben on their roster. Aaron Cole is also the only feature on ...

Christian music pioneer TobyMac just announced his new project The Elements. The album will be coming October 12th and has one feature, Aaron Cole. THE ELEMENTS – new album coming October 12, 2018! Pre-order today at https://t.co/0NqmDoZHEC pic.twitter.com/YS1VdyLZvC — TobyMac (@tobymac) September 14, 2018 Can’t wait to get these songs out there to share with you guys.. Worked so hard and went ...

Today the nominees for the Dove Awards 2018 event were announced, and Social Club Misfits were on the list three times. Lecrae was nominated four times while Ty Brasel earned his first nod. Noticeably absent from the nominations is NF. Perhaps the Dove Awards are not recognizing him as a Christian artist anymore. Unfortunately, Snoop Dogg is nominated as well ...