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
Ghostface Killah and
Raekwon as well as
Conway The Machine. JoJo Pellegrino has appeared on the soundtrack of
Grand Theft Auto III. == Discography and Features ==