• The Empire star, 39, took to Instagram on Friday and posted a lyric video set to his new tune, Thank You God, where he touches on his recent legal troubles
  • ‘Some people searching for fame / Some people chasing that clout / Just remember this … this ain’t that situation / You think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?’ he sings
  • ‘Just simply to look like a victim / Like it’s something fun / Y’all better look at someone else / You got the wrong one,’ he goes on
  • The actor notes that ‘100% of the profits’ from the song will be donated to Rainbow Push Coalition, the Illinois Innocence Project and Secure the Bag Safety
  • Smollett was convicted of faking a hate crime in December 2021, sentenced to five months in jail, and released six days later pending his appeal