JoJo's mother kept her father's narcotic addiction from her.

'Too Little Too Late' hitmaker, JoJo

'Too Little Too Late' hitmaker, JoJo

The 'Too Little Too Late' hitmaker "respects" her mom Soraya for not letting on how bad her father Joseph's addiction was so she didn't have a warped view of who he is.

Speaking in Vevo's Why I Vote video series, she said: "I knew my dad was struggling with narcotics when I was 11, 12. After he stopped working is when he really got into narcotics.

"I never knew why he was out of it or why he would fall asleep at the wheel or why he would slur his words. I didn't understand that, and my mom kept that from me because she didn't want to upset me and she didn't want me to look at him in a certain way, and I really respect that."

Meanwhile, the 25-year-old singer previously opened up about her own struggle with alcohol, admitting she used it to help her "get out of her mind".

She said: "I've had many low points, honestly. I thought, 'How can I come back from this, you know, too much time has passed.' I was depressed, I was drinking a lot because I wanted to get out of my mind. I'm being totally honest ... I just wanted to feel good and get out of my mind and that was obviously trying to fill a hole that I had.

"I don't feel confident one thousand per cent of the time, but oftentimes I write the songs that I need to hear, with the messages that I need to. I feel like, particularly as females, sometimes we apologise for taking up space ... for taking the moves that we need to make, whether we realise that we're being apologetic for it. So, it really is just about knowing who you are, digging who you are, not making excuses to make other people feel comfortable."