Dominick Newton (August 12, 1977 – February 2, 2015), better known by his

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The Jacka, was an American

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from

Pittsburg, California Pittsburg is a city in Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is an industrial suburb located on the southern shore of the Suisun Bay in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is part ...

. The Jacka began his career as part of the rap group

Mob Figaz Mob Figaz is a Bay Area hip hop group formed by C-Bo in 1997. The members consist of Husalah, Rydah J. Klyde, and The Jacka from Pittsburg; Fed-X from Richmond; and AP.9 from Oakland, California. Their first album, ''C-Bo's Mob Figaz'', was ...

. He was killed in a shooting in

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, on February 2, 2015. The murder is currently unsolved.

Early life

Newton was born to 14-year-old parents and became the family breadwinner as a teenager, a role that landed him in prison for a year at age 18. Newton converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to ''Shaheed Akbar''.

Career

His career began with the Bay Area rap group

after the teenaged Newton and several friends were approached by established rap artist C-Bo in a record store and went to a recording studio that day. The guest rappers appeared on "Ride Til We Die," the opening track on C-Bo's 1998 album ''Til My Casket Drops.'' Their debut album, ''

C-Bo's Mob Figaz ''C-Bo's Mob Figaz'' is the debut studio album by American West Coast hip hop supergroup Mob Figaz. It was released on May 18, 1999 via West Coast Mafia Records/Git Paid Entertainmant. Production was handled by Kezo, Lev Berlak, One Drop Scott, ...

'', released in 1999 was a minor hit on the ''

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'' Hip Hop chart entering in at #63, doing fairly well selling 160,000 units. His first solo release ''The Jacka of the Mob Figaz'' in 2001 sold over 30,000 units. Jacka sold these units himself, in the Bay Area and shipping to one-stops across the country. Though great support came from the Bay Area, sixty percent of Jacka's sales came from outside of California. In 2005, The Jacka released his second solo album ''The Jack Artist'' but failed to chart. In 2009, The Jacka came out with his third solo album ''Tear Gas'' making it #93 on the ''Billboard'' chart. The Jacka's #1 song in his 2009 album ''Glamorous Lifestyle'' was an instant classic in his hometown of Oakland and the Bay Area.

Death

On February 2, 2015, he was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland on 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. Prior to his death, he owned his own record label named The Artist Records.

Discography

Solo albums

* 2001: ''The Jacka of the Mob Figaz'' * 2005: ''

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'' * 2006: ''Jack of All Trades'' * 2008: '' The Street Album'' (U.S. R&B #80) * 2009: ''

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'' (U.S. #93) * 2010: '' Broad Daylight'' * 2011: '' Flight Risk'' (U.S. R&B #70) * 2014: ''What Happened to the World'' * 2020: ''Murder Weapon''

Solo Mixtapes

* 2005: ''The Jacka: The Mixtape'' * 2007: ''The Jacka Is the Dopest'' * 2010: G-Slaps Radio Vol. 1 * 2011: ''We Mafia'' * 2011: ''The Indictment'' * 2012: ''

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'' * 2012: ''The Sentence'' * 2013: ''The Appeal''

Collaborative albums

With Mob Figaz

*1999: ''

'' With Mob Figaz alumni *2002: ''Camp Mob Figaz: The Street Soundtrack'' (with various) *2003: ''Mob Figaz'' (with various) *2005: ''3 da Hard Way'' (with

Husalah James "Husalah" Ratliff (born May 13, 1979), is an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the Mob Figaz, whose first album, ''C-Bo's Mob Figaz'', was released in 1999. Like his late close frie ...

Marvaless Marva Jean Cooks II (born August 28, 1975), better known by her stage name Marvaless, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California. Career In 1992, a year after finishing high school, Cooks got together with C-Bo to record her debut albu ...

) *2006: ''Animal Planet'' (with Husalah) *2006: ''Mob Trial'' (with AP.9 & Husalah) *2006: ''Shower Posse'' (with Husalah) *2007: ''Mob Trial 2'' (with Fed-X &

Rydah J. Klyde Rydah J. Klyde is a Bay Area rapper from Pittsburg, California best known for his affiliation with the rap group Mob Figaz. Around 2002, Rydah signed a solo deal with Mac Dre's Thizz Entertainment label. In 2003, he released his album ''Tha Fly ...

) *2008: '' Mob Trial 3 The Verdict'' (with AP.9 & Fed-X) U.S. R&B #91

With Ampichino

*2007: ''Devilz Rejectz: 36 Zips'' *2010: '' Devilz Rejects 2: House of the Dead'' (U.S. R&B #83) *2018: ''Devilz Rejectz 3: American Horror Story''

With Berner

*2008: '' Drought Season'' (U.S. R&B #55)

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*2009: ''

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'' (U.S. R&B #66) *2012: '' Border Wars'' *2015: ''Drought Season 3''

Notable collaborations

*2009: '' The Price of Money'' (with 12 Gauge Shotie) U.S. R&B #88 *2010: ''Neva Be The Same - 20 Bricks: Season One'' (with

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) *2010: '' My Middle Name Is Crime EP'' (with Andre Nickatina) *2012: The Tonite Show (with DJ Fresh) *2013: ''Never Be The Same: Season 2 - No Mercy'' (with Laroo) *2014: ''

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'' (with

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)

Additional collaborations

*2006: ''Explosive Mode 3: The Mob Gets Explosive'' (with

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& Husalah) *2008: ''Outbreak: The Epidemic'' (With Kel of the Western Conference) *2008: ''The Gobots'' (with Lee Majors) *2010: ''The Gobots 2: D-Boy Era'' (with Lee Majors) *2010: ''Jonestown'' (with Messy Marv & Blanco) *2012: ''Obey'' (with Blanco) *2012: ''100 Lbs and Bricks of Bo'' (with Liqz and Joe Blow) *2013: ''

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'' (with Blanco) *2013: ''Game Over'' (with Blanco) *2013: '' Futuristic Mob'' (with Dubble-OO) *2013: ''Bullys Wit Fullys 4'' (with Guce) *2013: ''Straight Drop'' (with M Dot 80) *2013: ''The Gobots 2.5'' (with

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) *2013: ''Write My Wrongs'' (with Freeway) *2014: ''Risk Game'' (with M Dot 80)

Compilations

*2005: ''

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'' (with Lil Keke) *2005: Ghetto Gumbo Raw Uncut Vol. 1 *2008: Slappin In The Trunk Vol. 5 Starring The Jacka *2009: The Jacka Hosts And Presents B.A.R.S Awards *2010: The Dre Area Volume 2 Starring The Jacka *2011: The Jacka Presents Mobbin Thru The West Vol. 1 *2011: Best of Frisco Street Show: The Jacka *2011: Retrial: Million Dollar Remix Series Vol. 1 *2012: ''The A.R Street Album'' (with The Artist Records)

Singles

References

External links

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