PHOTOS7 Things To Know About TobyMac's Son Truett Foster McKeehan & His Untimely Death
Oct. 24 2019, Published 6:20 p.m. ET
Christian rapper TobyMac’s first-born child Truett Foster McKeehan died suddenly late Tuesday night on October 22, or early Wednesday morning on October 23 in his home outside of Nashville. Truett was 21 years old, and an aspiring rapper himself. He went by the name “Truett Foster” and released music under the pseudonyms truDog, TRU and Shiloh. He had a great impact on his fans and family.
According to his profile of Genius.com, Truett was a member of the group HySociety. Fellow Nashville-based performer, Bo Smith, was also part of the group.
Truett’s final Instagram post featured two black-and-white videos of him performing. “Last night it all kinda came together,” he captioned the post from October 19. “Thank you to everyone who has supported me through the thick and thin.”
TobyMac, 55, wrote his 2018 song “Scars” about Truett and his move out to Los Angeles to pursue his own music career. “Now you won’t take my phone calls, You won’t text me back at all, I just wanna see you, I can’t stand to see you gone," he rapped in the song. “To see my children go out there and do this real world it’s painful,” the father revealed in October 2018 about the inspiration for the song. He added, “I wrote this one for my boy. I wanted to let him know that I’m here for him and God is there for him. So lift your head my son to where your help comes from.”
TobyMac saw great potential in Truett. He called his son “a gifted artist” and a “love of God” in a birthday tweet in 2018. The father and son also collaborated together on several TobyMac songs.
The Nashville Fire Department reportedly responded to Truett’s home at 10:50 AM on October 23 for a report of a person in cardiac arrest, according to the Nashville Emergency Communications Center. A Nashville Fire Department spokesperson said that Truett was announced dead at the scene.
According to the Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office, the cause of death has yet to be determined. “Toby was traveling back from Canada and did not get home to be with his family until after midnight last night so there is no statement. We just ask that everyone please be respectful of their privacy during this time and allow them to grieve their loss.”
Truett is survived by his parents TobyMac and Amanda McKheen, along with four siblings, twins Moses and Marlee, and brothers Leo and Judah.
