I te ono tau o te pakeke, i whakaekea a JoJo ki tetahi kirimana rekoata, engari i whakahokia e tona whaea na te mea i whakapono ia he tamariki rawa a JoJo mo te mahi puoro. I muri i tana putanga ki nga whakaaturanga korero rereke, te McDonald's Gospelfest, te whakatangitangi i a Whitney Houston's "I Believe in You and Me" me te whakataetae i runga i te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata, America's Most Talented Kids (kua ngaro ki a Diana DeGarmo), ka whakapā atu te kaiwhakanao rekoata a Vincent Herbert ki a ia ka tono ia ki te whakamatautau mo te Blackground Records. I a ia e whakamatautau ana mo te Hank Barry Harrison, ka kii a Hank Harrison ki a ia ko te wairua o tana tuahine, te kaiwaiata mutunga o Aaliyah, i kawea mai ki a ia. I hainatia ia ki te tohu, ana huihuinga rekoata me nga kaihanga o te Underground me te Souls & Karlin & Kar. Ko te kotahi o JoJo, ko Black Levesque, i tuhia i te tau 2001, i whakaatu i nga waiata a Whitney Houston me RB Rice, i te "
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