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50 Cent is feeling inspired by Smollett's antics as he maintained his innocence and made sure everyone knew he wasn't suicidal while being escorted out of the courtroom.

long maintained his innocence, prosecutors argued he paid brothers Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo to carry out the staged hate crime attack against Smollett to garner sympathetic media coverage. The openly gay actor claimed he was attacked by two men near his Chicago apartment around 2 a.m. on January 29, 2019 when he was going for a late-night snack at Subway. He claimed the assailants shouted racist and homophobic slurs before hitting him, pouring a substance on his head on him and tying a noose around his neck. Smollett was ultimately convicted on five counts of disorderly conduct and was also fined $25,000 and ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution to the city of Chicago. Read more