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Jussie Smollett Releases Song After Being Freed from Jail, Blames ‘Race and Trans and Homophobia’

by Western Journal
April 11, 2022 at 8:07 am
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Jussie Smollett Releases Song After Being Freed from Jail, Blames ‘Race and Trans and Homophobia’

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 16: Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett (white mask) is released from the Cook County Department of Corrections detention center on March 16, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Smollett began serving a 150-day sentence on March 10, after being found guilty late last year of lying to police about a hate crime after he reported to police that two masked men physically attacked him, yelling racist and anti-gay remarks near his Chicago home in 2019. Today an appellate court judge ordered him freed while his case is appealed. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Convicted felon Jussie Smollett, who has been released from jail while his conviction is appealed, has resumed his entertainment career.

The disgraced actor released a clip of a song on Friday, claiming on Instagram that any profits will go to various social justice organizations.

The song, called “Thank You God,” is another attempt by Smollett to proclaim his innocence, as he did in court after he was found guilty of lying to police about a supposed “hate crime” carried out against him by Trump supporters.

“Thank you God for showing me my enemies,” Smollett sings in the chorus, according to the New York Post.

“It’s like they’re hell-bent on not solving the crime. / Taking out the elements of race and trans and homophobia that’s straight taking lives,” the lyrics say.

“This ain’t that situation. / You think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?”

Smollett then says the wrong person was convicted.

“Just simply to look like a victim / Like it’s something fun. / Y’all better look at someone else / You got the wrong one.”

In January 2019, Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack that was later ruled a hoax orchestrated by the actor himself.

He was convicted in December on five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct and sentenced to 150 days in jail in March.

“I did not do this,” Smollett said at his sentencing.

Cook County Judge James Linn disagreed.

“There’s a side of you that has this arrogance and selfishness and narcissism that’s just disgraceful,” Linn told Smollett, according to CNN.

“You’re not a victim of a racial hate crime, you’re not a victim of a homophobic hate crime. You’re just a charlatan pretending to be a victim of a hate crime, and that’s shameful.”

Bodycam footage shows Smollett’s jail processing. https://t.co/P1U8fUbYNV

— The Western Journal (@WestJournalism) April 7, 2022

Smollett served a few days in jail before a court ruled on March 16 that he could go free while he appeals his conviction.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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