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Dominick Newton (August 1977 – February 2, 2015), better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper and father from Pittsburg, California.

The Jacka got his start with his group, Mob Figaz,[2] 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 on 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard.[3] Prior to his death, he owned his own label The Artist Records.[4]

He began his career with the Pittsburg group Mob Figaz. Their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, released in 1999 was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop chart entering in at #63, but it sold fairly well making 160,000 units sold.[5] His first solo release 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.[6] 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.



Discography[edit]
Solo albums[edit]
2001: Jacka of the Mob Figaz
2005: The Jack Artist
2006: Jack of All Trades
2008: The Street Album (U.S. R&B #80[7])
2009: Tear Gas (U.S. #93[8])
2010: Broad Daylight
2011: Flight Risk (U.S. R&B #70)
2011: We Mafia
2011: The Indictment
2012: The Verdict
2012: The Sentence
2013: The Appeal

2014: What Happened To The World (Street Album)
OST[edit]
2005: Side Industry & The Jacka Presents Ghetto Gumbo Raw Uncut Vol. 1
Mixtapes[edit]
2005: The Jacka: The Mixtape
2008: Shooterz
2008: The Jacka Is the Dopest
2010: GSlaps Radio Vol. 1
Compilations[edit]
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
2011: Retrial: Million Dollar Remix Series Vol. 1
2012: The Jacka Presents The A.R (The Artist Records)
With Mob Figaz[edit]
1999: C-Bo's Mob Figaz
2001: The Comp
2002: Camp Mob Figaz - Street Soundtrack
2003: Mob Figaz
Collaborations[edit]
2005: 3 da Hard Way (with Husalah & Marvaless)
2005: Str8 Out da Slums (with Lil' Keke)
2006: Mob Trial (with AP.9 & Husalah)
2006: Shower Posse (with Husalah)
2006: Explosive Mode 3: The Mob Gets Explosive (with Messy Marv, San Quinn & Husalah)
2006: Animal Planet Mixtape (with Husalah)
2007: Mob Trial 2 (with Fed-X & Rydah J. Klyde)
2007: Devilz Rejectz 36 Zips (With Ampichino)
2008: Outbreak: The Epidemic (With Kel of the Western Conference)
2008: Drought Season (with Berner) U.S. R&B #55[7]
2008: Mob Trial 3 The Verdict (with AP.9 & Fed-X) U.S. R&B #91
2008: The GoBots (with Lee Majors)
2009: The Price of Money (with 12 Gauge Shotie) U.S. R&B #88[7]
2009: Drought Season 2 (with Berner) U.S. R&B #66
2010: Neva Be The Same - 20 Bricks: Season One (with Laroo)
2010: The Gobots 2: D-Boy Era (with Lee Majors)
2010: Devilz Rejects 2: House of the Dead (with Ampichino) U.S. R&B #83
2010: Jonestown (with Messy Marv & Blanco)
2010: My Middle Name Is Crime EP (with Andre Nickatina)
2012: The Chicken Hill Project(prod by - Hallway Productionz)[10][11]
2012: Obey (with Blanco)
2012: Border Wars (with Berner)
2013: Misfits (with Blanco)
2013: Game Over (with Blanco)
2013: Futuristic Mob (with Dubble-OO)
2013: Bullys Wit Fullys 4 (with Guce)
2013: Straight Dope (with M Dot 80)
2013: The Bobots 2.5 (with Lee Majors)
2013: Never Be The Same: Season 2 - No Mercy (with Laroo)
2013: Write My Wrongs Mixtape (with Freeway)
2014: Highway Robbery (with Freeway)
Singles/videos[edit]
Single information
"Hey Girl"
Released: 2001
B-side: ""
Album: Jacka of the Mob Figaz
"Barney (more crime)"
Released: 2005
Album: The Jack Artist
"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(bonus track): "Shooterz"(Feat. Fed-X, Joe Blow)
Album: Tear Gas
"Glamorous Lifestyle"(Feat. Andre Nickatina)
Released: May 5, 2009
Album: Tear Gas Show less