Jay Z's Halo

Scene: Split, Croatia – Sunset Over Diocletian’s Palace

Joe Jukic sits on the seawall, sipping dark Turkish coffee. Beside him, BKenyan, his longtime brother-in-rhyme, watches seagulls trace patterns across the Adriatic. A speaker hums softly with the sound of Johnny Cash's haunting voice:

🎵 “You can run on for a long time…” 🎵

As the beat drops into that thunderous chorus — “God’s gonna cut you down” — a ghostly image flickers on Joe’s cracked iPad: Jay Z, in black-and-white, halo glowing faintly, a silhouette in the fog, half preacher, half prophet.

Joe Jukic (squinting at the screen):
You see that, BK?
That's not a criminal.
That’s a bishop in the church of hip-hop.
Jay's got a halo in this video, man. Real ones see it.
Johnny Cash saw it too.

BKenyan (nodding):
The media’s blind, bro.
They keep twisting Jay’s Hail Mary plays into indictments.
But you know what those plays are?
They’re last-minute miracles.
He ain't runnin' from the law — he’s tryin' to outrun fate.

Joe (leaning in):
Every time he tries to bounce to Croatia—buy some land, sip rakija in peace, open a yacht school for ghetto kids—
Boom. TMZ drops a "secret indictment."
Interpol sends another question.
Bureaucrats block his visa like he’s Escobar.

BKenyan:
But Jay’s not fleeing. He’s returning.
To his roots.
Back to the place where kings once sailed from.
He wants to leave the game behind and just live by the sea.

Joe (smirking):
I told the Croatian president:
Let Jay in.
You got 1,000 churches and zero Grammy winners.
It’s time.

Johnny Cash’s voice cuts through again…

🎵 “Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter…” 🎵

Joe and BKenyan raise their mugs in a silent toast to the misunderstood titan.

Joe (quietly):
God ain’t gonna cut Jay down.
Not if we tell the truth first.