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Today’s edition of Wired Tracks highlights new material from Atlanta-based record label Quality Control Music’s two marquee acts, Migos and OG Maco.

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News of Bay Area legend The Jacka being gunned down in Oakland a month ago left the Hip-Hop world in shock. MTV sat with Freeway, a brother in Islam and collaborator, to speak about losing his dear friend.

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It’s unfortunate that it feels that the Hip-Hop community is only on the same accord when someone passes away but unity in death is better than no unity at all.

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The Jacka, a Bay Area rapper who got his start with the Mob Figaz, was shot and killed Monday (Feb. 2) night in Oakland. The 37-year-old artist released a wealth of material over the years since the late 1990’s, and was active recently as last fall.

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Blanco & The Jacka – I Gotta Rap (Prod. by Cookin Soul) Peep More New Videos Here [More]   Blanco also drops his his official debut American Psycho on February 14.  

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The Jacka hails from the land of sunshine, palm trees and the place where rap once reigned. Straight out of the bay area, the Jacka is hardly a new artist at all. He broke into the West Coast hip-hop scene in the 90’s with his street sanctioned super group, Mob Figaz. With the allegiance of […]

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The West Coast’s underground icon, The Jacka, is enjoying the success of his latest album as well as an esteemed honor from a local newspaper. The Bay area newspaper, the San Francisco Weekly, is giving him a nod through their ‘Weekly Music Awards’, selecting him as their winner for their Rap/Hip Hop category. The paper […]