NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Jacka on 2 March 2019. The Jacka has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 16 episodes and was first played on 4 February 2015.

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 friends. Prior to his death, he owned his own label The Artist Records.