On February 24, 2004, a 13-year-old Joanna “JoJo” Levesque took the music industry by storm with her debut single, Leave (Get Out). Released under Blackground Records, the song became an instant hit, ...

As she writes in her new memoir, the battle for control is one that has followed Joanna "JoJo" Levesque throughout her personal life and career. (David Urbanke / For The Times) For a long time, Joanna ...

Joanna Levesque shot to stardom at 13. Two decades later, “JoJo” — as she’s better known — has written a memoir and says the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” was foreign to ...

For a long time, Joanna “JoJo” Levesque resented “Leave (Get Out),” her best-known, breakout track released in 2004 when she was just 13. “This song was on some Disney Channel s—,” she writes in her ...