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“I love the way it looks with the blue eyes, but I’ll get too much flak for it.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, West explains complications he had creating the revised Jesus piece by repeating a discussion he had with Jacob. West’s personal Jesus piece created by Jacob cost $25,000, was the size of a man’s palm and had clear diamonds for Jesus’ crown of thorns, yellow and light-brown diamonds as Jesus’ blond hair, aquamarines for blue eyes and small rubies for the tears of blood on his face. In 2004, Kanye West partnered with Jacob Arabo, a jeweler that outfitted many hip-hop artists with their jewelry. Jay-Z wrote in his book, Decoded, the importance of Wallace’s Jesus piece “It’s part of my ritual when I record an album: I wear the Jesus piece and let my hair grow till I’m done”.