The Jacka, Bay Area Rap Hero, Dead at 37
Dominic “The Jacka” Newton, one of the most popular rappers in the San Francisco Bay Area’s sprawling underground rap scene, was murdered in East Oakland, California on Monday night. He was 37 years old.
Emerging in the late 1990s as part of the Mob Figaz collective, the Jacka evolved into a……
Source: RollingStone
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