Even though Jussie Smollett is awaiting the results of an appeal for his hate crime conviction, the disgraced actor is speaking out about the situation and railing against his critics in a new song.
In an Instagram post on Friday (April 8), Jussie Smollett announced his “Thank You God” single, in addition to revealing all proceeds from the record will be donated to a trio of special interest advocacy groups, including the Chicago-based nonprofit the Rainbow Push Coalition, which was founded by Jesse Jackson in 1984.
“LINK IN BIO… 100% of the profits will be donated to @rpcoalition @illinoisinnocenceproject & @stbsafety. With Love… -Jussie #ThankYouGod,” he wrote in the caption of the lyric video.
Though the song is less than two minutes long, the former Empire star manages to touch on multiple controversial topics, including his belief he’s being targeted, in addition to his discrepancies with CNN news anchor Don Lemon and filmmaker Lee Daniels, who have both publicly criticized Jussie Smollett in the years following his alleged 2019 hate crime attack.
“They had my own people, thoughts going off the wall/ That’s why from L.D. to Don, I still got love for ya’ll/ I know we’ll meet again, talk like real men/ Instead of sharing shade in rooms and up on CNN,” Jussie Smollet said.
Jussie Smollett was reportedly found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 150 days in jail on March 10 for falsely claiming he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019 when two attackers purportedly doused him with bleach and put a noose over his head.
Less than a week later, Smollett was released from jail on March 16 after his defense team filed an emergency motion arguing he’d be “irreparably harmed” for serving a sentence for convictions that could be reversed by his appeal. Jussie Smollett also had to forfeit a $150,000 bond per the terms of his bail.
Jussie Smollett Released From Jail Just 6 Days After Receiving 150-Day Sentence
Watch the lyric video for “Thank You God” below.
I thought it was about him getting to go to prison and being surrounded by men. If he would’ve joined Bad Boy Records, he would’ve gotten all the attention from men he wanted and stardom while hanging out with hip hop’s most notorious homo Diddy.
This man is still lying to everyone and himself about what happened even though everyone knows the truth and the facts have been put on the table. He cries out racism and racial profiling but yet, nothing he said ever happened. It makes you wonder about all these other black people crying out the same. Do all black people lie their ass off to the point where the believe the lie themselves? This is exactly why nobody can trust you mf’s lol
Do all white people lie in order to make money and keep and maintain power, social status, and class dominance over others because they’re afraid of losing control or becoming the minority.
White people don’t need to lie to do all those things. We just sit back and watch you fuck it up for yourself. Take some accountability for yourself and make better choices in life. Your situation will improve, I promise.
2nd part of ur comment is some ignorant shit, happens in any “race” mr. black & white
Cause white women have never been proven to falsely accuse black people of rape or other crimes. Not like they’re being called Karens nowadays. Shut your dumbass up
Shut up Jussie
The BLM (buy large mansions) crew paid him to do this. Now that he got caught they won’t answer his calls.
This guy is doubling down on his lies. He comes across as a narcissist. They can never admit they are in the wrong. It’s everybody else who as the problem.