Jonah Jack was not swallowed by the whale, but he did carry his cross. The entertainer, who claimed to have received a vision from God earlier this month, buitlt a cross and then carried it on his back from his home on Molynes Road to Half-Way Tree. "Mi get a message from the Almighty and mi a go deliver it.
The date was given to me from a vision and it was June 11, so on that date mi go and deliver it," he said. The former Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall winner, who now goes by the moniker Xojay, said there are critics who believe this is a publicity stunt; but he insists otherwise. "Mi nuh deh here to please man, but God.
Mi is an artiste at the end of the day, but God give mi my voice to minister so mi can help the youth dem. It is not a publicity stunt, but believe what you want. So what if it was a publicity stunt? Unno see people out there all the time a glorify the Devil and a put up certain sign and everyone congratulate dem.
Because of my belief, mi decide say mi a go use the cross. So why uno a say a mock mi a mock God? Is what? Unnu 'fraid a di cross?" he asked. According to Xojay, before he won the Magnum competition in 2013, he promised God that if he was victorious, he would spread the gospel.
"Mi tell Him say mi a go sing Him an album, but little hype get to mi and mi make mistake here and there, and thing just get downhill. A voice keep on a tell mi say mi must find back myself, and mi start sing Him other songs, because mi wah fit in with the crowd becau.