U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Markii ay lix jirka ahayd, JoJo waxaa la siiyay heshiis rikoodh, laakiin hooyadeed ayaa diiday maxaa yeelay waxay aaminsan tahay in JoJo ay aad u yar tahay xirfadda muusikada. Ka dib markii ay ka soo muuqatay barnaamijyo kala duwan oo wada hadal ah, McDonald's Gospelfest, oo ay ku soo bandhigtay Whitney Houston "I Believe in You and Me" oo ay ku tartantay barnaamijka telefishanka, America's Most Talented Kids (oo ay ka badiyeen Diana DeGarmo), soo saaraha rikoodhka Vincent Herbert ayaa la soo xiriiray iyada oo weydiistay inay tijaabiso Blackground Records. Intii lagu guda jiray tijaabinta Barry Hankerson, Hankerson wuxuu u sheegay in ruuxa gabadha uu adeer u yahay, gabadha la dilay ee Aaliyah, ay u keentay isaga. Waxay la saxiixatay shirkadda, waxayna ku jirtay fadhiyo duubis ah oo ay la yeelatay soo saareyaasha The Underdogs iyo Soulshock & Karlin. JoJo's demo live, Joanna Levesque, oo la duubay 2001, waxay ka kooban tahay heeso soul iyo R&B ah, oo ay ku jiraan Mack Rice's 1965 "Mustang Sally", Etta James's 1989 "It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)", Aretha Franklin's 1968 "Chain of Fools" iyo 1969 "The House That Jack Built", The Moonglows' 1956 "See Saw", Stevie Wonder's 1972 "Superstition", iyo The Temptations' 1975 "Shakey Ground". JoJo's single-ka dahabka ah ee dahabka ah "Leave (Get Out) " ayaa la sii daayay 2004. Ka hor inta aan la sii deyn albumka, JoJo waxay bilowday safarkeedii ugu horreeyay abid, Cingular Buddy Bash oo ay la socoto heesaha pop rock Fefe Dobson, kooxda hip hop-ka ee Young Gunz, kooxda biraha kale ee Zebrahead, iyo xiddigaha pop-ka ee Ryan Cabrera iyo Busted. Sida safarada ugu horreeya ee Tiffany iyo Britney Spears ka hor, waxay joogsatay sagaal xarumood, oo ka bilaabmay Atlanta's Northlake Mall waxayna ku dhammaatay South Shore Plaza oo u dhow magaaladeeda hooyo ee Foxborough. Markii hal-ku-dhiggu uu gaadhay lambarka koowaad ee Mainstream Top 40 chart, waxay noqotay, markay jirtay saddex iyo toban, fanaankii ugu da'da yaraa ee fannaanka ah ee leh hal-ku-dhigga lambarka koowaad ee Mareykanka. Single-kii ugu horreeyay waxaa loo magacaabay Farshaxanka Cusub ee ugu Fiican Abaalmarinta Muuqaalka Muuqaalka ee MTV 2004, taas oo JoJo ka dhigtay magacaabista ugu da'da yar ee MTV Video Music Award. Albaabkeedii ugu horeeyay,  Su'aal: yaa marti galiyay xaflad gaar ah oo ku sabsan Kirismaska 2004 isaga iyo xaaskiisa?
Robin McGraw