TobyMac Opens Up About ‘The Pain and Anguish’ He Experienced Over Son’s Accidental Overdose

Christian artist TobyMac opened up about dealing with his son’s death three years later. TobyMac told People that he will “forever be a different man.” “I thought, honestly, with my five kids and my bride, that I had…

Rebecca GuzelAug 18, 20223 min read

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of his son.

“The pain and anguish was just killing us. I never thought I would ever have it together again. I want to write songs that resonate. It’s amazing how many people have experienced loss and how a song just loves them well, wherever they are. I’m so grateful for that,” TobyMac explained.

TobyMac said that he “could not be more grateful” he got to spend quality time with his son after Truett Foster McKeehan’s first live performance in Tennessee a week before his Death.

“I’m just like, I have to be at his show. But in my mind he was going to do 20,000 other shows…I live across the street from where he did his last show and there’s a restaurant over there and some days I go to that restaurant and I just look over at the patio where I last saw him, and gave him a hug, and said, ‘I’m so proud of you,’ and I just cry,” he shared.

Going forward, TobyMac makes sure that his son’s memory is never forgotten.

“We’re not scared to talk about it. It’s not a taboo subject. It’s something beautiful. the Faith to believe, is Truett laughing at this right now? Is he saying, ‘Come on Dad, give him a break’ when I’m hard on his little brother? All that has been really good for us,” he says. “He’s part of an ongoing conversation. We meet every year at the park across the street where we had his service, and we tell stories about him — things he had done or said or made us laugh or when he was a bad boy or when he was so kindhearted. We remember him all the time.”