DC Talk (stylized as dc Talk) is a

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and

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trio. The group was formed at Liberty University in

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in 1987 by Toby McKeehan,

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, and

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. They released five major studio albums together: ''

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'' (1989), '' Nu Thang'' (1990), '' Free at Last'' (1992), '' Jesus Freak'' (1995), and ''

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'' (1998). In 2002, the ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music'' called DC Talk "the most popular overtly Christian act of all time." In 2001, the group released an EP, ''

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'', which contained two solo songs from each member. 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. They performed and recorded individual songs together several times during the 2000s, although the group never officially reunited or disbanded. The group's musical style evolved significantly throughout its career. Its first two releases, ''DC Talk'' and ''Nu Thang'', were predominantly hip hop. Their third album, ''Free at Last'', also mainly took influence from hip hop while the group's music began to incorporate

and other influences. The trio's last two albums, ''Jesus Freak'' and ''Supernatural'', were predominantly

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. They are currently on hiatus and no announcements of new albums have been made. In 2017, the band reunited for a cruise, and did so again in 2019.

History

Formation

While attending

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, Toby McKeehan met Michael Tait, and the two began to perform together. Tait had previously been featured on

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's ''

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'' and with the Falwell Singers. He also performed solo, what TobyMac later described as a "kind of an R&B/church-oriented music". The two joined forces to record a song that McKeehan had written, "Heavenbound". They performed the song before an audience of 8,000 Liberty students with McKeehan rapping and Tait singing the chorus. The song was well received, selling out the approximately 3,000 copies of their demo tape, ''Christian Rhymes to a Rhythm''. The tape included "Heavenbound" and was distributed by the group in the Washington D.C. area. Kevin Max Smith came from a campus rock band to join the group. Max was approached by Tait after performing The Imperials's "Lord of the Harvest" during a chapel session. The two became friends and Max was introduced to McKeehan. All three moved off campus to live together. In 1988, the group independently released their self titled album, a cassette only release. This album would be re-released by Forefront the following year. The success of the group's demo tape eventually led to a recording contract with Forefront Records in January 1989. 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 name was later simplified to "DC Talk", which came to stand for "decent Christian talk", though originally "DC" was taken from

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, where Toby McKeehan had formerly been rapping.

''DC Talk'' (1989)

After signing the recording contract with ForeFront, the trio released their self-titled debut album, ''

'', in 1989 with Mike Valliere and Vic Mignogna. The music video for their first single, "Heavenbound", received airplay on the

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network.

''Nu Thang'' (1990–1992)

Their follow-up full-length release, '' Nu Thang'', and a Christmas three-song EP titled ''Yo! Ho! Ho!'', were both released in 1990. ''Nu Thang'' had two successful singles: "I Luv Rap Music" and "Can I Get a Witness". Apart from dealing strictly with Christian themes, the band incorporated songs addressing social issues, such as

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in the song "Walls" and abortion in "Children Can Live Without It". The hip hop/pop styling of the album earned the band attention, expanding the group's audience, and by 1991, ''Nu Thang'' had sold 200,000 copies. The band became an opening act for Michael W. Smith and received a

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. The release of their ''Rap, Rock, n' Soul ''video garnered a wider audience for the group, being certified gold for long form video. In 1992, a year after its release, ''Nu Thang'' sold more than 300,000 copies and gave the trio two more Dove Awards. In addition to the increasing attention that the group began to receive, DC Talk appeared on ''

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'' that same year. "Nu Thang" was eventually certified gold, selling over 500,000 copies, an impressive feat for a Christian artist at that time.

''Free at Last'' (1992–1994)

In November 1992, the group released their third album, '' Free at Last'', which was eventually certified platinum by the

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in 1995. In 2001, CCM ranked "Free at Last" as the ninth best album in Christian music. The album included a cover version of the Bill Withers song " Lean on Me" and a remake of " Jesus Is Just Alright", originally recorded by the Art Reynolds Singers. ''Free at Last'' stayed at the No. 1 spot on the ''

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'' CCM sales chart for 34 weeks and was the band's first album to top the Christian Albums chart. DC Talk became one of the first contemporary Christian groups to perform on late-night television when, on November 12, 1993, the band performed "Jesus Is Just Alright" on '' The Tonight Show'' with

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. ''Free at Last'' also garnered the group's first

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for ''Best Rock Gospel Album'' in 1994. The success of the album is attributed to the group moving away from a strictly rap sound to a blend of hip hop and

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. The album also prompted the filming of a documentary film with the same name. In 1994, the band released a Christmas single, " We Three Kings", on the album "Joyful Christmas".

''Free at Last: The Movie''

During the ''Free at Last'' tour, the band was followed around by camera crews to film a documentary. The documentary was planned to be released as a theatrical film, '' Free at Last: The Movie'', and was heavily promoted on Lightmusic TV, a Christian music video show. After months of teaser trailers, they abruptly stopped, because the movie could not find a distributor. Eight years after the film was to be released theatrically, the movie was finally released on DVD in unfinished form. Some of the footage used for the movie was shown in the music video for "The Hardway".

''Jesus Freak'' (1995–1997)

'' Jesus Freak'' was released in 1995, and it achieved the highest first-week sales of any Christian release at the time, reaching No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album, which was ultimately certified double platinum, was certified gold within 30 days of its release. This album was a fusion of musical stylings, with a more

oriented sound combined with hip hop. ''Jesus Freak'' marked a milestone in the group's commercial career, as they signed a deal with

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in 1996 to distribute their music to the mainstream market. It also earned dc Talk their second

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. The title track is also of historical importance. It is believed to be the first link between grunge and rapcore in Contemporary Christian music, and was the first non–Adult Contemporary song to win the Dove Award for Song of the Year. The song was also played on some secular stations. " Between You and Me" was a successful single, reaching No. 24 and No. 29 respectively on ''

s Adult Contemporary and

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and No. 12 on Casey's Top 40, while the video received regular airtime on

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and

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. With the release of the album, the group launched a massive tour titled the ''Freakshow Tour'', which took the trio across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The group released a live video titled ''Live in Concert: Welcome To The Freak Show'' which contained footage from the tour. An audio CD of the soundtrack from the video was also released under the same title, reaching No. 109 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The CD ''Welcome to the Freakshow'' was certified gold and won dc Talk another Grammy award. The album is looked at by many as one of the greatest and most important albums to be released in Christian music.

''Supernatural'' (1998–2000)

'', released in 1998, was their last all-new studio album. Upon release, the album overtook ''Jesus Freak'' to set a new record for the highest first week sales for a Christian release. It debuted at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts, a feat for a

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album. ''Supernatural'' abandoned the hip hop/rap style found on the group's earlier releases to settle for the pop/rock sound. The group has stated in ''The Supernatural Experience'' video that this album was different; it was a collaborative effort of all three members. The singles for the album received their fair share of radio play on modern rock, contemporary Christian, and alternative outlets. The group then embarked on a 60-city tour across the United States titled, ''The Supernatural Experience''. Footage from the tour was combined with interviews and released as ''The Supernatural Experience'' video and was certified gold for long form video. In addition to touring and recording ''

'', the members of the group went on to co-author a book titled ''

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'' in collaboration with The Voice of the Martyrs in 1999. The book contains the shortened biographies and incidents in the lives of famous and lesser-known Christians who stood up for their faith. Since then, the group has co-authored a series of other books. In 2000, DC Talk hosted a show titled Intermission: A Decade of DC Talk. A compilation album titled '' Intermission: The Greatest Hits'' was then released, containing many of their previously recorded songs either remixed or in their original formats. Two new songs, "Chance" and "Sugar Coat It", were recorded for the album. ''Intermission'' reached No. 81 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Continued Success (2000–present)

In 2000, the members announced that they would be taking a break from the group to pursue solo efforts. They released ''Solo: Special Edition EP'', which contained two new songs from each member's solo ventures and a live version of the U2 song " 40" performed by all three members. The EP reached No. 142 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and won DC Talk their fourth Grammy award. During their hiatus, DC Talk has continued to sporadically release singles together, including "Let's Roll" (2002), which was about the

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. Multiple compilation albums have been released during their hiatus, including the 10th anniversary versions of their albums ''Free at Last'' (2002) and ''Jesus Freak'' (2006), as well as ''8 Great Hits'' (2004), ''

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'' (2006), ''The Early Years'' (2006), '' Greatest Hits'' (2007), ''Back 2 Back Hits'' (2011). The three members still frequently show up at each other's shows and cover DC Talk songs. The band has also continued to help each other in their respective solo careers, including "Atmosphere" by tobyMac (2004), a cover of "

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" by Kevin Max (2007), and "Love Feels Like" by tobyMac (2015). In 2015, Gotee Records announced the issuance of ''Jesus Freak'' and ''Supernatural'' on vinyl. Group members TobyMac and Michael Tait, with assistance from Christian organization

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, collaborated on two books in this period: ''Under God'', published in 2004, and ''Living Under God: Discovering Your Part in God's Plan'', released in 2005. Both books are collections of American history-inspired inspirational stories with a Christian perspective. In 2010, the trio performed with Aaron Shust,

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, Natalie Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman,

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, and some other artists to serve as the backing choir for "Come Together Now", a song about the

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s. Later in the year, Kevin Max admitted that he would love to make more DC Talk music, but he thinks "that time has passed us by...". He then explained, "as individuals we are so different in our approaches that it might be quite a process." tobyMac released the song "Wonderin'" with his album ''

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''; the song is "a warm look back at DC Talk" for Toby. On October 11, 2016, the trio came together to perform "Love Feels Like" at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee for the 47th Annual

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Reunion tour

In June 2010, Kevin Max tweeted that he was trying to arrange a reunion tour for "perhaps" 2011. In January 2011, TobyMac stated that a reunion tour would probably happen "sooner or later", but not in the near future. In January 2014, Tait indicated that he liked the sound of a "20-years-later" tour in 2015, but tobyMac commented that "nothing concrete is in the works" due to conflicting schedules. DC Talk performed two concerts on July 13, 2017, and a third show on July 14, 2017 aboard the

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in the Bahamas on the reunion cruise. The group hinted at more reunions in the future. In June 2019, the group performed on a second cruise. Michael Tait stated in an interview that DC Talk would be doing a "land cruise" starting in 2020.

Group members

* Toby McKeehan *

* Kevin Max Band *

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– keyboards, organ * Brent Barcus – guitar * Erick Cole – guitar * Barry Graul – guitar *

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– guitar * Martin Upton – guitar * Otto "Sugar Bear" Price – bass * Will Denton – drums * Rick "Mayday" May – drums * Ric "DJ Form" Robbins – DJ * Marvin Sims – percussion * GRITS – choreography Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:0 right:0 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1987 till:06/01/2011 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:album value:black legend:Album id:EP value:gray(0.6) legend:EP Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1988 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:3 start:1988 BarData = bar:TM text:"Toby McKeehan" bar:MT text:"Michael Tait" bar:KM text:"Kevin Max" PlotData= width:7 color:vocals bar:TM from:01/01/1987 till:01/01/2000 bar:TM from:10/05/2004 till:10/05/2004 bar:TM from:09/12/2005 till:09/12/2005 bar:TM from:12/18/2007 till:12/18/2007 bar:TM from:02/21/2010 till:02/21/2010 bar:TM from:05/28/2011 till:05/29/2011 bar:MT from:01/01/1987 till:01/01/2000 bar:MT from:10/05/2004 till:10/05/2004 bar:MT from:09/12/2005 till:09/12/2005 bar:MT from:12/18/2007 till:12/18/2007 bar:MT from:02/21/2010 till:02/21/2010 bar:MT from:05/28/2011 till:05/29/2011 bar:KM from:01/01/1988 till:01/01/2000 bar:KM from:10/05/2004 till:10/05/2004 bar:KM from:09/12/2005 till:09/12/2005 bar:KM from:12/18/2007 till:12/18/2007 LineData = layer:back at:06/13/1988 color:album at:01/01/1990 color:album at:11/01/1992 color:album at:08/01/1995 color:ep at:11/21/1995 color:album at:10/29/1996 color:ep at:12/22/1996 color:ep at:08/26/1997 color:album at:09/22/1998 color:album at:04/21/2001 color:ep

Discography

*1989: ''

'' *1990: '' Nu Thang'' *1992: '' Free at Last'' *1995: '' Jesus Freak'' *1998: ''

Bibliography

;By DC Talk *''

'' (1999) *''Live Like a Jesus Freak'' (2001) *''Jesus Freaks: Promises for a Jesus Freak'' (2001) *''Jesus Freaks Volume II: Stories of Revolutionaries Who Changed Their World Fearing God, Not Man'' (2002) *''Jesus Freaks: Revolutionaries'' (2005) *''Jesus Freaks: Martyrs'' (2005) ;By TobyMac and Michael Tait * ''Under God'', Bethany House, * ''Living Under God: Discovering Your Part in God's Plan'', Bethany House,

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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Dove Awards

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References

External links

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