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

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. He began his career as part of the rap group Mob Figaz. 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. He converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to ''Shaheed Akbar''.

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.'' Their debut album, '' C-Bo's Mob Figaz'', 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 the Bay Area. Prior to his death, he owned his own record label named The Artist Records.

Death

On February 2, 2015, Newton was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland on 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard.

Discography

Solo albums

* 2001: ''The Jacka of the Mob Figaz'' * 2005: '' The Jack Artist'' * 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: '' C-Bo's Mob Figaz'' 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 &

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) *2006: ''Animal Planet'' (with Husalah) *2006: ''Mob Trial'' (with AP.9 & Husalah) *2006: ''Shower Posse Gang'' (with Husalah) *2007: ''Mob Trial 2'' (with Fed-X & Rydah J. Klyde) *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: '' Drought Season 2'' (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 Laroo) *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: '' Highway Robbery'' (with

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)

Additional collaborations

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

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, San Quinn & 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: '' Misfits'' (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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