The Jacka
The Jacka | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dominick Newton |
| Also known as | Shaheed Akbar |
| Born | August 12, 1977[1] Pittsburg, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2015 (aged 37) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–2015 |
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| Formerly of | Mob Figaz |
Shaheed Akbar (August 12, 1977 – February 2, 2015; former name Dominick Newton), better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. He began his career as part of the rap group Mob Figaz.[2]
He was killed in a shooting in Oakland, on February 2, 2015. The murder is currently unsolved.
Early life
[edit]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. He converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar.[3]
Career
[edit]Newton's career began with the Bay Area rap group Mob Figaz 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.[3] Their debut album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, released in 1999 was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop chart entering in at #63, doing fairly well selling 160,000 units.[4] 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.[5] 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 the Bay Area.
Death
[edit]On February 2, 2015, Newton was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland on 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard.[6] Prior to his death, he owned his own record label named The Artist Records.[7]
Discography
[edit]Solo albums
[edit]- 2001: The Jacka of the Mob Figaz
- 2005: The Jack Artist
- 2006: Jack of All Trades [8]
- 2008: The Street Album (U.S. R&B #80)[9]
- 2009: Tear Gas (U.S. #93)[10]
- 2010: Broad Daylight
- 2011: Flight Risk (U.S. R&B #70)
- 2014: What Happened to the World
- 2020: Murder Weapon
Solo mixtapes
[edit]- 2005: The Jacka: The Mixtape[11]
- 2007: The Jacka Is the Dopest
- 2010: G-Slaps Radio Vol. 1[12]
- 2011: We Mafia
- 2011: The Indictment
- 2012: The Verdict[13]
- 2012: The Sentence[14]
- 2013: The Appeal
Collaborative albums
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With Mob Figaz[edit]
With Mob Figaz alumni
With Ampichino[edit]
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With Berner[edit]
Notable collaborations[edit]
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Additional collaborations[edit]
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Compilations[edit]
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Singles
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"Hey Girl" (feat. Kazi, Young Uzi)
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"Barney (More Crime)"
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"Never Blink" (feat. J. Stalin, Dubb-20)
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"All Over Me" (feat. Matt Blaque)
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"Glamorous Lifestyle" (feat. Andre Nickatina)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Instagram". Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p516936
- ^ a b Lefebvre, Sam (February 11, 2015). "Remembering The Jacka: Mourned as He Lived". East Bay Express. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ "The Jacka". Discogs.
- ^ "The Jacka- The Indictment". thebayisback.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Bay Area Rapper 'The Jacka' Killed In Oakland Shooting". KPIX. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "The Jacka". Last.fm. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "The Jacka - Jack Of All Trades". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ a b c Billboard, Allmusic
- ^ Tear Gas chart peaks, Billboard.com
- ^ "The Jacka - The Mixtape". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Jacka - GSlaps Radio Vol. 1". livemixtapes.com. December 8, 2010.
- ^ "The Jacka - The Verdict". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Jacka Of The Mog Figaz* - The Sentence". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Mob Figaz - Mob Figaz". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Husalah & The Jacka - Animal Planet". datpiff.com. 2006.
- ^ "The Jacka, AP9, Husalah - Mob Trial". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Jacka* & Husalah - Shower Posse". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Jacka & Ampichino - Devilz Rejectz - 36 Zipz". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Jacka & Ampichino - Devilz Rejectz 3: American Horror Story". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Berner & The Jacka - Drought Season 3". Discogs. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Freeway & The Jacka - Write My Wrongs". datpiff.com. October 14, 2013.
External links
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- Musicians from California
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- Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
- West Coast hip-hop musicians
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- Unsolved murders in the United States
- 20th-century African-American musicians
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