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The Jacka

voc, 1977-2015 US, Pittsburg, California
of Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. Shaheed Akbar (née Dominick Newton)

The Jacka (born August 12, 1977, Pittsburg, California, USA – died February 2, 2015, Oakland, California, USA) was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. Born Dominick Newton, he 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.