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Jojo
Jojo
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Hometown Detroit
Friends Jude
Sadie
Enemies Sadie (temporarily)
Relationships Sadie
Family Unnamed younger brother (deceased)
Skills Playing Guitar
Singing
Songwriting
Portrayer Martin Luther McCoy

Jojo

Jojo was a guitar player, and an artist. His younger brother was killed during a race riot. He ended up moving to New York to find work, and eventually found Sadie, with whom he developed a love/hate relationship.

Across the Universe[]

 Jojo auditioned to play guitar in Sadie's band, Sadie and the Po Boys needed a guitarist. He got the job and grew closer to Sadie. But later, upset that Sadie had chosen to go solo without including the rest of the band, he started purposefully ruining a performance and Sadie angrily left the stage. When Jude returns from Liverpool, however, Jojo is back in Sadie's band, showing they have made up.

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Jojo[]

Solos (In a Group or Duet Number)[]

Quotes[]

"Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore. If you play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.”

—Jojo

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Trivia[]

  • Jojo is played by Martin Luther McCoy, and independent singer/songwriter based out of San Francisco. 
  • His character is loosely inspired by Jimi Hendrix.
  • His name is a reference to The Beatles song, Get Back.
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