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Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. The Jacka started out 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 while rapping with…
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