The Jacka

Dominic Newton (August 1977 – February 2, 2015), better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Oakland, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo’s Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Newton converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar. On February 2, 2015, he was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland. Prior to his death, he owned his own label entitled The Artist Records.