JoJo Forced Emaciation

JoJo is officially back. The ten percent of people who remember her were concerned. The now 25 year old former 13 year old “next Britney Spears” is releasing new music so it seemed like the right time to mention her former label forced her to take injectable appetite suppressants. Even the Kardashians would shudder at that level of anabolic commitment, then ask for a bigger hypodermic. 

So they got me with a nutritionist and had me … on all these supplements, and I was injecting myself — this is a common thing ‘the girls’ do by the way — it makes your body only need certain calories, so I ate 500 calories a day. It was the most unhealthy thing I’ve ever done.

Sounds like Atkins. Or heroin. JoJo’s story is fairly entertainment industry standard. Her parents were alcoholics and she was a self-described middle school aged slut. A loose pubescent teen with parents in the bag can go far in this town.

Atlantic signed her to a record deal she later fought for several years in court to be released from. Resisting the inherent slavery of multi-million dollar record deals is incredibly common among young music artists who create hit tracks through computer technology and payola. Why not fight your contract? The kids whose parents only drank after 5pm went to college and now want their student loan debt canceled? It’s a Millennial thing. Can we fix it? Si se puede.

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