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Dominick Newton
1977-2015 US
of Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. Shaheed Akbar née Dominick Newton The Jacka
Dominick Newton (born August 12, 1977, Pittsburg, California, USA – died February 2, 2015, Oakland, California, USA) known professionally as The Jacka, was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. Newton converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar. He started his career as one of C-Bo's Mob Figaz (along with Rydah J. Klyde, Husalah, Fed-X, and AP9). The group's first album "C-bo's Mob Figaz", was released in 1999, which sold over 160,000 units independently. Since then The Jacka released two solo albums: "The Jacka" (2001) and "The Jack Artist" (2005). He also owned his own label The Artist Records. On the evening of February 2, 2015 The Jacka was gunned down in Oakland, California.
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