JoJo 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 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 Wu-Tang Clan Ghostaface Killah and Raekwon as well as Conway The Machine.
JoJo Pellegrino has appeared as well on Rockstar Games well known successful game Grand Theft Auto III.
