The Jacka (born August 12, 1977, Pittsburg, California, USA – died February 2, 2015, Oakland, California, USA) was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. Born Dominick Newton, he converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar. He started his career as one of C-Bo's Mob Figaz (along with Rydah J. Klyde, Husalah, Fed-X, and AP9). The group's first album "C-bo's Mob Figaz", was released in 1999, which sold over 160,000 units independently. Since then The Jacka released two solo albums: "The Jacka" and "The Jack Artist". He also owned his own label The Artist Records. On the evening of February 2, 2015 The Jacka was gunned down in Oakland, California.