Fans of killer mid-aughts R&B are more than familiar with the sordid industry tale of JoJo, the youngest singer ever to hit number one on Billboard with her 2004 hit “Leave (Get Out).” JoJo was 13, and signed to Blackground Records for a multi-year, multi-album contract that quickly went bad, with years of legal entanglements as the talented teen tried her best to extricate herself from a label that lost distribution and stifled her artistic expression. (Although that didn’t stop JoJo from releasing mixtapes, singles and covers.) (Read More…)