The Jacka Explained

The Jacka
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Dominick Newton
Alias:Shaheed Akbar
Birth Date:August 12, 1977[1]
Death Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Years Active:1998–2015
Genre:West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Label:The Artist Records, Mob Figaz LLC, SMC Recordings

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.

He was killed in a shooting in Oakland, 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. He converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar.[2]

Career

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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

On February 2, 2015, Newton was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland on 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard.[5] Prior to his death, he owned his own record label named The Artist Records.[6]

Discography

Solo albums

Solo mixtapes

Collaborative albums

With Mob Figaz

With Mob Figaz alumni

With Ampichino

With Berner

Notable collaborations

Additional collaborations

Compilations

Singles

Single information
"Hey Girl" (feat. Kazi, Young Uzi)
  • Released: 2001
  • B-side: "From the Bay" (feat. Dee Dee)
  • Album: Jacka of the Mob Figaz
"Barney (More Crime)"
"Never Blink" (feat. J. Stalin, Dubb-20)
  • Released: 2005
  • Album: The Jack Artist
"All Over Me" (feat. Matt Blaque)
  • Released: April 8, 2008
  • B-side: "Shooterz" (feat. Fed-X, Joe Blow)
  • Album: Tear Gas
"Glamorous Lifestyle" (feat. Andre Nickatina)
  • Released: May 5, 2009
  • Album: Tear Gas

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Instagram. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/NvF5w6FPx4 . December 24, 2021 . limited. February 3, 2015.
  2. Web site: Sam . Lefebvre . Remembering The Jacka: Mourned as He Lived . East Bay Express. February 11, 2015 . February 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: The Jacka. Discogs.
  4. Web site: The Jacka- The Indictment. https://web.archive.org/web/20090211165334/http://www.thebayisback.com/artists/the-jacka/. dead. February 11, 2009. thebayisback.com. February 3, 2015.
  5. News: Bay Area Rapper 'The Jacka' Killed In Oakland Shooting. February 3, 2015. KPIX. February 2, 2015.
  6. Web site: The Jacka. Last.fm. February 3, 2015.
  7. Web site: The Jacka - Jack Of All Trades. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  8. Tear Gas chart peaks
  9. Web site: The Jacka - The Mixtape. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  10. Web site: The Jacka - GSlaps Radio Vol. 1 . livemixtapes.com . December 8, 2010.
  11. Web site: The Jacka - The Verdict. Discogs. November 8, 2018.
  12. Web site: The Jacka Of The Mog Figaz* - The Sentence. Discogs. November 8, 2018.
  13. Web site: Mob Figaz - Mob Figaz. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  14. Web site: Husalah & The Jacka - Animal Planet . datpiff.com . 2006.
  15. Web site: The Jacka, AP9, Husalah - Mob Trial. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  16. Web site: Jacka* & Husalah - Shower Posse. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  17. Web site: The Jacka & Ampichino - Devilz Rejectz - 36 Zipz. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  18. Web site: The Jacka & Ampichino - Devilz Rejectz 3: American Horror Story. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  19. Billboard
  20. Web site: Berner & The Jacka - Drought Season 3. Discogs. en. November 8, 2018.
  21. Web site: Freeway & The Jacka - Write My Wrongs . datpiff.com . October 14, 2013.

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