{"id":1426904,"date":"2022-04-09T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426904"},"modified":"2022-04-09T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:00:20","slug":"jussie-smollett-claims-innocence-in-latest-song-thank-you-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-claims-innocence-in-latest-song-thank-you-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett Claims Innocence in Latest Song &#039;Thank You God&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjussie-smollett-claims-innocence-in-latest-song-thank-you-god%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hate crime hoaxer and disgraced actor Jussie Smollett release a new song on Friday, titled, \u201cThank You God,\u201d after his release from jail.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett shared the song on his Instagram account, along with a caption informing his followers that \u201c100% of the profits will be donated\u201d to the organizations\u00a0Rainbow PUSH, the Illinois Innocence Project, and\u00a0Secure The Bag Safety.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Smollett\u2019s Instagam bio currently says that his account is being run by his family, the hate crime hoaxer could have also posted the content, as he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/16\/judge-orders-jussie-smollett-be-released-from-jail-on-bond-while-he-appeals-his-conviction\/\">released from jail<\/a> last month on bond pending his conviction appeal.<\/p>\n<p>In his song, the former <em>Empire\u00a0<\/em>star\u00a0continues to maintain his innocence after being found guilty for lying to police after orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack against himself, singing, \u201cIt\u2019s like they\u2019re hell-bent on not solving the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking out the elements of race and trans and homophobia that\u2019s straight taking lives, but turn around and act like I\u2019m the one that killed the strides,\u201d Smollett continues in his song.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Listen Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CcGJKv3lvKy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome people searching for fame, some people chasing that clout, just remember this \u2014 this ain\u2019t that situation, you think I\u2019m stupid enough to kill my reputation,\u201d Smollett sings. \u00a0\u201cJust simply to look like a victim, like it\u2019s something fun, y\u2019all better look at someone else, you got the wrong one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On March 10, Smollett was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/10\/jussie-smollett-gets-150-days-in-jail-30-months-probation-youre-just-a-charlatan-havent-stopped-lying\/\">sentenced<\/a> to 150 days\u00a0in Cook County jail, 30 months of probation, pay a restitution of $120,106, and a fine of $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>While be hauled off to jail, the former <em>Empire<\/em> actor repeatedly shouted, \u201cI am not suicidal, and I am innocent!\u201d with his fist raised in the hair. Then on March 16, the actor was released\u00a0after a court gave the okay, pending an appeal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wild moment: After getting sentenced to 150 days in jail, Jussie Smollett maintains his innocence and repeats how he is not suicidal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not suicidal. I am innocent and I am not suicidal \u2026 if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnDsLcINKL\">pic.twitter.com\/AnDsLcINKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1502084342239088652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January 2019, Smollett had claimed he was physically attacked by two men wearing red hats who put a rope around his neck, poured bleach on him, and shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him, before eventually yelling, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201d \u2014 referring to former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign slogan.<\/p>\n<p>During Smollett\u2019s trial, prosecutors showed how he had gone through extraordinary lengths to stage the attack against himself, and how he hired and paid Nigerian brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo $3,500 to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hate crime hoaxer and disgraced actor Jussie Smollett release a new song on Friday, titled, \u201cThank You God,\u201d after his release from jail. 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