A street memorial spontaneously appeared within hours of The Jacka’s sudden death on February 2. A teddy bear, candles, concert tickets, and bottles crowded the sidewalk. The concrete, dampened by ...

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The Jacka: I gotta stay in there man. I realize that I always tell my partners, a lot of people that’s with us there not here any more. Alot of people that was pushing The Jacka, pushing Mob Figaz ...

As I spoke on in this week’s column, the senseless murder of Bay Area rapper The Jacka was a huge, aching blow to West Coast hiphop, one many compared to the killing of Vallejo legend Mac Dre—or even ...