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Jussie Smollett releases new song proclaiming his innocence

Jussie Smollett releases a new song called 'Thank You, God,' maintaining that he was falsely accused of faking a hate crime in 2019.

Jussie Smollett has released a new song, “Thank You, God“, on his Instagram.

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The former Empire star prefaced the lyrics video with a message to his fans that he is using art to process his experience with the criminal justice system that has been ongoing since he was accused of faking a hate crime in 2019 and ordered to serve jail time. Smollett wrote that he is “channeling these thoughts the best way I know how.”

On the track, Smollett duets a melancholy rap over a choir boy falsetto, maintaining that he is an innocent man who has been falsely accused of a crime he did not commit:

You think I’m stupid enough / To kill my reputation? / Just simply to look like a victim / Like its something fun / Y’all better look at someone else / You got the wrong one.

In the snippet, Smollet takes time to thank his supporters, before lamenting that “celebrity is for the birds.” 

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Smollett wrote in the caption that all proceeds from the song will be donated to three not-for-profit organizations, the Rainbow Push Coalition, Secure the Bag Safety, and Illinois Innocence Project.

Smollett was convicted of faking a hate crime in 2019 and was sentenced to 150 days in prison and 30 months of probation for staging and falsely reporting a hate crime. Smollett was released from prison pending his appeal by an appellate court on a $150,000 bond just six days after he was sentenced.