The hip-hop community is mourning the loss of Bay Area rapper The Jacka. The veteran rhymer was shot and killed in Oakland, Calif., on Monday (Feb. 2). He was 37 years old. Details are scarce but ...

(CBS SF) -- Fans celebrated the 38th birthday of the late Bay Area rapper known as The Jacka Wednesday night. "He would have loved this," said Tim House, The Jacka's producer. House said a big concert ...

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While a rapper's death is tragic and heartbreaking for those around them, it becomes a huge source of unity between other rappers and figures. This month marks the two year anniversary since rapper ...

February is Black History Month, but it's also #JackHistoryMonth. #JackHistoryMonth is a tribute to late Bay Area rapper The Jacka, who was killed in Oakland in 2015. Bay Area music media company ...

When we first got word of The Jacka's death by gunshot in Oakland, close to midnight on Feb. 2, we didn't want to believe it. At 37, the Pittsburg, Calif.-born rapper had been hustling for roughly ...

Bay Area rap veteran the Jacka was killed in an apparent shooting in Oakland on Monday night, according to a KPIX report. The rapper, born Dominic Newton, was 37 years old. His most recent album, What ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- Bay Area rapper Dominic Newton, better known by his stage name "The Jacka," was killed Monday in a shooting in East Oakland, police confirmed. The 37-year-old was shot in the ...

After three and a half years, Mixtape Of The Week is dead. In its place, we've got a new feature on Stereogum, one loosely based on Chris DeVille's Week In Pop column. The Week In Rap won't go as deep ...

"Party Jumpin 2" is J Stalin's sequel to one of his best-loved songs, a regional banger from his debut album On Behalf of the Streets that united him with another respected Bay Area rapper called The ...

February 8 Update: Less than a week after his death in Oakland, the San Francisco Chronicle is covering the life and untimely death of The Jacka with a front-page feature in its Sunday edition. Since ...

Oakland rapper the Jacka started rapping back in 1999 with Mob Figaz. Since then, the Jacka has released three solo albums and has been involved in collaborations, including "Devilz Rejectz," "GoBots" ...