JUSSIE SMOLLETT

Smollett sat down to detail how he felt during the controversy and why he didn't want to be seen as just another gay man who got beat up.

The LGBTQIA+ Hip Hop love story is the film adaptation of an applauded 1990s novel.

Kendrick Lamar debuted his new single, "The Heart Pt. 5" on Sunday night.

"You think I'm stupid enough to ruin my reputation?" the 39-year-old asks listeners on the track.

In an interview with Ts Madison, the "Empire" creator opens up about initially being mad but feeling as if he had to believe Smollett.

Fif couldn't help but make a joke at the disgraced actor's expense.

Just as one chapter of this tale closes, another tangled web emerges.

The courts have detailed the condition of his release as he appeals his conviction.

As the "Free Jussie" movement makes noise, Gibbs says, "Free Juicy Smollett in five years."

The voice message is reportedly one of the dozens of disturbing calls made to Smollett's emergency contact about what will be done to him behind bars.

The actor was recently sentenced over his alleged involvement in an attack on himself back in 2019.

Jussie Smollett's mugshot circulates online, and the actor's team demands protective custody while he serves time.

50 Cent plans on pulling off a similar outburst as Jussie Smollett the next time he heads to court.

The former "Empire" actor continued to maintain his innocence after the judge called him "profoundly arrogant and selfish and narcissistic."

Jussie Smollett will be sentenced today for staging a hate crime against himself.

His attorneys also reportedly claimed that prosecutors "showed a pattern of racism in selecting jurors."

63-year-old Andre Hope says he was disappointed to be the only Black person selected.

He also added "if they had gotten away with it" then there may have been a "very scary and very ugly" situation between Black people and MAGA.

Tina Knowles-Lawson wonders if Jussie Smollett will get the same compassion as Amy Cooper.

“He got angry as the prosecutor poked holes in his story,” the CNN host said of his former friend.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jr. has been trolling the actor on social media.

Jussie Smollett will be sentenced at a later date.

Smollett testified that Don Lemon tipped him off after filing his police report.

Smollett also asked a white prosecutor to not use the n-word when reading back his texts out of respect for Black people in the courtroom.

The actor says he and Abel Osundairo met at a gay club and once masturbated in a bathhouse together.

During a sidebar, Tamara Walker claimed that Judge James Linn "physically lunged" at her. She reportedly left the courtroom in tears.

Smollet’s trial will resume on Monday.

Abimbola Osundairo alleged that Smollett hired both him and his brother to assault the actor, pour bleach on him, and tie a rope around his neck.