‘Truth’ is tattooed across the hand JoJo rests blithely on her effortlessly contoured cheek while leaning into the sofa-pillows in her commodious hotel suite. And by the casual assurance she immediately presents, I’m certain that truth is precisely what she’s offering me, besides a spot on the couch beside her.

JoJo is grown. Beautiful, passionate and very much grown. It’s been over a decade since she broke out onto the charts with smash debut ‘Leave (Get Out)’ at thirteen, nine long years since her last studio album and a strenuous two-year stretch since she initially filed a lawsuit against her former label Blackground Records, for “irreparable damages to her professional career,” when she wound up confined in pop purgatory for the better part of her adolescence. Ill-fated industry woes held the now 24-year-old Massachusetts-singer hostage under a strict contract, which also denied her the ability to put out a new record. But JoJo is free now. And not all is lost. She still has that voice and we still want to hear it. (Read More…)