This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: poor article code. Please help improve this article if you can. (December 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (March 2022) Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed. (March 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "JoJo Pellegrino" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Joseph Edwards (born September 13, 1977), professionally known as Jojo Pellegrino, is an American rapper, songwriter and actor from Staten Island, NY. Pellegrino was formally managed by Chris Lighty^[1] as a member of the legendary Violator imprint. Pellegrino made his name in the New York Hip hop scene with his debut singles “Fogedaboudid” and “Where I'm from”, "Fogedaboudid" becoming popular on local radio stations.

Joseph Edwards (JoJo Pellegrino) was raised in a loving household, in Staten Island New York, by both parents along with his younger sister Jennifer. Throughout most of his childhood and teenage years, Edwards studied various styles of martial arts and also played baseball and basketball. He began writing and recording at the age of 15 years old and through his father's relationship with a colleague, who was managing a few artists at the time, Edwards formed a close bond with local hip-hop sensation Shyheim The Rugged Child, spending most of his time working on his craft in the Stapleton Projects located on the North Shore of Staten Island. He attended New Dorp High School, but during freshman year was removed from the school for fighting, and transferred to Tottenville High School where he graduated in 1995. As of 2023, JoJo still continues to make music and plans to continue releasing more albums and features.

Pellegrino began his professional career in the music business in 1998 on the mix tape circuit with DJ's such as DJ Clue, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Skribble and many more. He was soon noticed and recruited by Chris Lighty into the Violator management team where he appeared on the Violator V2.0 compilation album (the second and final installment in the Violator Hip Hop compilations) in 2001. He continued to make regular appearances on various mixtapes and compilations ^[2] eventually dropping the “Hitman for hire” mixtape hosted by Hot 97's DJ Kay Slay which received some praise in XXL magazine and was given MTV mixtape of the month on MTV news. In 2021 he released the full length lp entitled “Hitman for hire V2” featuring Ghostface Killah and Raekwon as well as Conway The Machine. JoJo Pellegrino has appeared on the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto III.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2024)

• Birchmeier, Jason. "Jojo Pellegrino Biography & History". www.allmusic.com. Jason Birchmeier. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
• Funaro, Vin (14 May 2020). "JoJo Pellegrino Perfectly Displays the Trump Loving, Mob-Filled Staten Island, NY in "Where I'm From 3"". www.rantorreason.com. Vin Funaro. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
• Koslow, Jessica (7 November 2004). "JOJO PELLEGRINO: VIOLATED!". www.hihopdx.com. Jessica Koslow. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
• "The White Rapper Encyclopedia". www.complex.com. Complex. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
• "Wu Tang, Conway, NEMS, RJ Payne join JoJo Pellegrino for "Hitman For Hire V2" album". Undergroundhiphopblog.com. undergroundhiphopblog. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.