Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Danity Kane Contradiction With Dawn Richard

Posted by Bossip Staff

Dawn Richard spoke to Essence and basically she has no idea what is happening with Danity Kane:

ESSENCE.COM: Last night’s finale of “Making The Band 4” was sort of subdued drama with a pretty ambiguous ending. Diddy has left the ladies of Danity Kane to decide what the group’s future will be. What is your hope for the group?

DAWN RICHARD: We talked about it and there’s a fear we have of losing our fan base. But at the end of the day, Diddy made his choice to let us decide and we would like to continue with the name and the group. This is our lives and you can’t just say no to your dreams. I love working with the group. However, it’s so hard to say what will happen. I would prefer that the original group members remain. It’s hard enough for fans to follow as is.

ESSENCE.COM: Diddy is a beast when it comes to whipping his groups into shape and his truth hurts. He already let Aubrey go and then D. Woods was a no-show last night. Have you spoken or plan to speak to any of the ladies?

RICHARD: No, I haven’t. Honestly, we really don’t talk that much, but I wish them the best of luck. I showed up, and as one person, I can only do so much. If they want to get in touch with me, they will because I totally support them and always will. All of this stuff affects us because these are our lives. Diddy tells us to try to save our group and some of us don’t show up? We’re making a serious statement to him about the future of this group by doing so.

So you guys don’t talk much which means you’re not friends and a group that is not friends, breaks up. How is this predictable little show popular again?

We have pictures from her shoot below. She even manages not to look so transgender-ish in a few… well, in one of em.

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  1. eyecandy

    1st

  2. prettibrowneyes

    2nd!

  3. u dont know me

    2nd and i like apple pie???

  4. kahmmillion

    Boy makeup is a b!tch…..It really makes these ugly broads look cute.

  5. terry

    typical, manufactured group.

    Is anyone in the music world felling their shit? NO!

  6. FSUIO

    She is sexy.I have searched her photo on ‘C a s ual S ee K . C OM ” which is a casual encounter dating site. It is said that she is seeking one night relationship . Is it true?


  7. Diddy needs to bring back Aubrey

    I don’t even know who this chick is

    all i know from the group is Aubrey and D. woods

  8. Purpple(formerly known as CC)

    Just STOP with tHE Danity Kane mess, they can get lost already!

  9. talley-b

    top ten…..”and i don’t work for Bossip”….

    Bossip stay calling a woman a tranny, dont they????

  10. talley-b

    top ten…..”and i don’t work for Bossip”….

    Bossip stay calling a woman a tranny, dont they????

  11. DaNVofTexas

    WHo gives a fuck about Danity Kane ……………..D woods was the best one in the group to me

  12. SWEET CHEEKS ((As long as Im alive - You'll always have to Settle for 2nd Best))

    I LOVE Dawn!!!!!!

    Lookin good mama!!!!

  13. OH LAWDY!!!! SEXIEST GRAVIE IN AMERICA!!!

    morning< she is actually the best vocalist of the group!!

  14. SWEET CHEEKS ((As long as Im alive - You'll always have to Settle for 2nd Best))

    @ Oh Lawdy ~

    I agree!!!! She has a very distinctive voice!!!!

    DEAD @ that damn gravie!!! :lol:

  15. CaramelKandie

    Dawn is such a snake!! We already know how shady Diddy is cuz all of his groups have left him because of money and management issues…faith, lil kim, 112, lox, carl thomas, craig mack, etc. and if biggie was alive, he’d probably leave his ass too! Dawn coulda told the group that she was doing solo stuff with Diddy on the side! Aubrey told the group about her first photo shoot (on the first season) and D. woods even went to support her.

    But seriously, none of these girls are beautiful or remotely talented so what was their purpose anyway? D. Woods was actually the only one with a hint of talent. I think people are so into Dawn because she overcame Katrina, but she still looks like a man

  16. Celia

    a typical diddy. Dawn is ugly. Aubrey and D. Woods kept that band noticed. No one care about Dawn but it’s funny that now the Aubrey and D. Woods is gone Dawn has all of a sudden become the star of the group. It’s also funny that Puffy didn’t know or care about any internal issues with the group until he started spending all this solo time with Dawn. *blank stare* Go head and keep up the shadiness “star” backstab your way to the top.

  17. OH LAWDY!!!! SEXIEST GRAVIE IN AMERICA!!!

    dont hate sweet cheeks i know its fly!!!

  18. OH LAWDY!!!! SEXIEST GRAVIE IN AMERICA!!!

    its my alter ego “trixie”

  19. yp

    HI<

  20. Encyclopedia Brown

    Top 20 and I am not a minstrel

  21. RealizReal

    well did u think D Woods really wanted to make that kind of music???! If you check her Myspace, she has a whole other group established called “The Bad Girls Club”!!! It’s a good look..

  22. Butterflygirl

    Diddy must like her because she looks like a man. Her face is so hard.

  23. Dani

    DAWN IS A TRANNY

    That GROUP IS DEAD without Aubrey n D.

    They were the Heart n SOUL..NEXT!

  24. cutie pie*kindly putting people on blast est.1985*

    can’t say i dodn’t see it coming…i was surprised diddy allowed them to come out with another album..you know how diddy does it he’s comfortable with one hit wonders being on his label..that leaves more attention for him…

    has anyone else noticed that there isn’t one act on Bad Boy today bigger or more successful than diddy?? he likes it like that…shame on it!

  25. ebGCH

    I didn’t know her tooth was f*cked up?

  26. Chi-Town

    Time for a 9-5 like everyone else, you have been pimped by the Diddy.

  27. He's Presidential

    I like Dawn she writes music as well she has some good songs out.. on you tube

  28. Creole Baby Bustin Loose

    a bad boy group is breakin up — oh my

  29. tara

    no i think the group is very good. and they shouldnt break up. to be honest ,i love the girl very much , she is so beautiful and zexual . and on ;”””””www.bigbisexual.com;;;;;;;;;;;; there is a profile about her . there re more details about her . also there re some more sexual pics and hot videoes about her , that’s really wonderful . if u re really interested in her . dont be miss that ..

  30. Oshie

    SON OF A BITCH

  31. Oshie

    I HATE YOU BOSSIP

  32. ATXChick

    I JUST DONT CARE NO MORE IM NOT GETTING THE MONEY…

  33. Oshie

    Encyclopedia Brown: Your headstone will read “Here Lies a Minstrel”. It’s true.

  34. it's me dammit!!!

    I’m not surprised by this at all, remember DA Band, he made money off the show and then disbanded them, but that group sucked anyway, Danity Kane was pretty successful but I don’t think they got the promotions that they needed, Dawn is not cute at all, and she can sing, but she does not have enough appeal to be a successful solo artist, so she just needs to continue dancing and doing background vocals for Diddy, did anybody notice that she only looks decent when she poses to the side, she really looks like a man when she poses head on.

  35. sexy momma

    I know dawn personally, and she really is man looking even more with out the make-up. She went to Nicholls and we where in the same dorm together. She always could sing, but she was never cute. Makeup really is a bitch, make you think you are with a beauty queen, until it’s gone, and then you know you were with a beast.LOL

  36. honesty4u

    For the love of God, just how many stupid, shallow people are there out here? Why is how someone looks always a topic of discussion. It is so stupid to talk about how someone looks. She is a pretty girl and stop calling her a tranny, it is rude. Love to see what some of you look like but it’s easy to hide behind the computer screen, huh? Not that I really care. She is a beautiful and very talented person who for some reason is being treated exactly the same way Beyonce was treated when Destiny’s Child broke up. Give it a rest already.

  37. JoJo69

    @ honesty4u

    I agree with you. I do not seewhat everyone else sees when they say she looks Tranny. I think that is rude. Anyway, best of luck to all of them.

  38. Creamy Peach

    Dawn is the best singer. Anyone who folows the group always says that. She gets the most love and Didddy noticed that and used it.

    Do ya thing Dawn. They hate on Beyonce 10 tims as much

  39. MACK

    they SUCKED anyway…lol…i mean the whole “Danity Kane” thing was a gimmick!

  40. cutie pie*kindly putting people on blast est.1985*

    the word minstrel needs to be cut lose ASAP!!

  41. Allison Mae

    @ honesty and jojo

    EXACTLY! Dawn may not be a beauty queen but she can sing. That’s way the state of music is the way it is today, looks matter, not talent (ie, Cassie…).

  42. Hannibal

    NO ONE CARES ABOUT TRANITY KANE…

  43. rain

    first i want to start off by saying diddy ain’t shit he sat at the table knowing that this was some shit him and dawn had talked about before hand that b*tch dawn is a snake she sat there kissing diddy ass because she knew what aubery said was the truth about him taking dawn solo they had a right not to trust her and the other two are crazy if they stay they will be dawn’s backup singers what really tripped me out is that dawn’s bird looking boyfriend Q said aubery was hating for bring it up negro please That snake dawn should have been honest but when she does go solo that’s when her career will be over and diddy will be kicking her ass to the curb karma is a b*tch!!

  44. tiredofitall

    I feel that Dawn didn’t have anything to do with it…Think about it this group was made…The members didn’t make it so already there is a problem that is hard so yes trusting people is hard….

  45. Butterflygirl

    @ Allison Mae

    Cassie didn’t sell and no one sees her as anything more then one Diddy’s many side pieces. Unlike Aubrey, Cassie plays her position. No way Aubrey would be talking back to Diddy if he didn’t mess with her at some point. That was his fault! But we are getting back to talent. Jazmine Sullivan is proof of that.

  46. DEEDEE

    I don’t understand why people call Dawn a tranny either…I think she’s a pretty girl and out of the group, Dawn has the most stage presence as well as the best vocals. Aubrey would have been up to Dawn’s level performance wise if she hadn’t let the fame get to her head. D.Woods didn’t really stand out to me until she started rocking the asymetrical hair, her voice is nothing special…its just like any other voice that you hear in pop music.

  47. sexyxoxo

    IF ANY OF U ILLERATE DUMMIES WERE LISTENING CORRECTLY HE DIDNT SAY HE WAS TAKING HER SOLO HE SAID HE USED HER SOLO VOCALS ON HIS ALBUM NOT HER ALBUMS– BIG DIFFERRENCE. DAWN HAS ALWAYS BEEN REAL AND SHE IS THE MOST TALENTED OUT OF THE GROUP. HE RETRAACTED HIS STATEMENT TO D WOODS ABOUT LEAVING SHE COOSE TO LEAVE OWN HER OWN THAT WAS HER DUMB ASS. THE GROUP WAS GOOD THOUGH= I HAVE BOTH OF THEIR CDS. AND DAWN GETS MORE AIRTIME THAN ANYONE SO HOW U GONNA SAYTHAT AUBREY WAS THE STAR OF THE GROUP-SHE WAS THE SLUT OF THE GROUP.

    DAWN AND QUE GOT REAL LUV 4 EACH OTHER-WHILE SHE GOES AROUND IN PUBLIC WITH DIFFERENT FOLKS AND KISSING ON GIRLS. SHE IS OBVIOUSLY DESEPERATE FOR ATTENTION-POOR GIRL. SHE NEEDS TO SUCK IT UP SWALLOW HER PRIDE AND ACT LIKE THE “OLD” AUBREY SO SHE CAN GET HER NO TALENT BUTT BACK IN THE GROUP-IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE SOME $$$$$$$$$$$.

    NOW THATS REAL TALK-HATE IF U WANT BUT ITS THE TRUTH.

  48. liz

    People only know aubrey because she turn up everywhere looking skank, Girl cant even sing that good, GO dawn, her and D.woods were the only ones that killed a stage, Aubrey was just the one that wore less clothes and got new boobs.

  49. Encyclopedia Brown

    Oshie who you calling minstrel..you blue-eyed devil

    Go shoot a moose

  50. Allison Mae

    @ Butterflygirl

    I feel what you were are saying. I was mainly speaking to the point that people are calling Dawn ugly (which has nothing to do with her talent level). Cassie is beautiful!!! But non-taleneted. She does play her role though, cant blame her.


  51. JUST REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IT IS FOR YOU

  52. serene

    If any of these gurls know whats good them, they would leave while they have the chance. They are bad boy artists….we all know what happens to Bad boy artist. D. Woods already knew whats good. Funny how since the group broke dawn is the only one getting play…hmph, she may go solo, but it doesn’t matter how much talent you have when your a diddy artists.

  53. Butterflygirl

    @ Allison Mae

    Cassie knows she can’t sing. Well at least I hope she knows she has no talent. I just hope Diddy does right by Dawn. No one ever stays with him. He is not one that does right by his artist. Look at Faith, I have all her cd’s the girl can really sing. She should be on a or close to that Mary J level, but she was on Bad Boy. So it didn’t play out that way.

  54. Allison Mae

    @ Butterflygirl

    I hope Cassie knows she has no talent either, lol. I totally agree with you about Faith. She is so talneted but Puff definitely dropped the ball on her.


  55. Haters Danity kane actually has a great album with great vocal content as well as day 26. Diddy knew what he was doing I see what he see’s in every member of the group. I hope they get it together, but I doubt it Aubrey is to Hollywood.

  56. southern sway

    Everyone is always hating on Diddy but do u think he care about what people say NO he is too busy making the money that everyone wish they had. He know what he is doing the prof is in the money that he makes. Aubrey is to hollywood for her own good and she was the slut of the group that’s why everyone notice her Dwood don’t stand out to me she’s just another chick but Dawn seems genuine so I hope everything works out for her.


  57. Another day, another Diddy…can’t wait to see what he does tomorrow lol…

  58. valenne

    so you guys mean to tell methat because you think she is not beautiful, she does not deserve to be a singer or have a career!! so what, talent doe snot matter anymore! I understand why rihanna is where she is! PEOPLE DON’T GIVE A F^CK ABOUT TALENT NO MORE!

  59. valenne

    And you guys get it all wrong! ITS because Diddy choose DAWN that the group broke not the other way! Diddy saw how the group was ddoing and see that aubrey has nothing to do in this group and D WOODS is just too blah! SO he decide to go with Dawn and when the girls learn about that, they start acting up until the dissolution but dawn did not suddenly become the star, Diddy choose her and we all know that its not for her looks! good for her!

  60. Kesha: (I BLEED BLACK-N-GOLD) Bush is out...what are we gonna do! Damn!

    She is by FAR the best singer in that group. And he did choose her so more power to you Dawn. I feel bad for Aundrea and Shannon when Dawn goes solo. D wood and Aubrey will continue to expose themselves in men’s magazines…SMH

  61. kerry

    I totally agree with DEEDEE’s post. Dawn is talented, humble and pretty, and I also think she has a level of intellect and class that we should respect.

  62. kayla

    It is disgusting as well as rude how BOSSIP has to call this woman a tranny.

    You know some of these celebrities read this stuff and it is very hurtful to crush them like that.

    I think D WOODS will be back. Diddy said she just caught the backlash and he would be interested in working with her.


  63. Actually no one cares but either this is a publicity stunt or Dawn is going to be his so-called new solo act. Its all Bull on either end bcause none of them had talent anywayz…..Next!

  64. Arthur

    it gets dark and lonely

  65. Special K

    @sexyxoxo

    LEAVING SHE COOSE TO LEAVE OWN HER OWN THAT WAS HER DUMB ASS

    ________________________________________________

    Before you call anyone dumb or illiterate you may want to spell check what you wrote or read it aloud i think that the first Own was supposed to be ON??? And how about COOSE? I think Dawn is cool however I think that she could’ve told the group that she was working on something with Diddy even if it wasn’t a solo career.

  66. DA TRUFF!!! The Truth Will Set You Free!!!

    I DON’T GET IT………

    I HAVE NEVER SEEN A “MAN” LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS…, NOT AT ALL.

    SHE LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

  67. nikki

    diddy better pull a destinys child on they assz an keep just the 3 he got now he stupid 4 lettin dwoodz go tho dawn is wack and ugly

  68. *MiSsUnd3rsto0d*

    i like DK and enjoyed makin the band every week, but im tired of talkn bout dem..im slowly gettn ova it..if it takes dis long 2 figga shit out, lookz like they wont b a group anymore..stop whinin n get dis money! hell, put me in da damn group lol if they really do wanna continue on they betta do somethin quik b4 they fade, cuz they werent even out long enuff to hav dat kinda longevity..get it togetha b!tchez! ;-)

  69. krakbaby

    Dawn is pretty cute from most of the pics ive seen of her. As for the solo stuff, she’s been working on it a lil while. Back in July I was at a studio in baltimore to setup some reference tracks and I was speaking to the head engineer there and he mentioned Dawn had just came thru to record some tracks and bounced. Not that long after that a producer that i checked out down in Miami was pissed because a song that he sent to beyonce’s people somehow got leaked with Dawn’s vocals on it instead LOL. if you google around u might be able to find some of the stuff she’s been knocking out, them European Hackers aint no joke!

  70. roosevelt taylor

    Man that little bitch fine as she wanna be

  71. wood

    who else does diddy promote but himself! all his groups are doomed. It should be known by now that manufactured groups dont last long. You have to be friends from the start and even that dont make it last eg destiny child. Aurbry does not have the personality to be in a group. From the begining u could c that she is a solo artist. It was inevitable.

  72. K.J.

    Why is it so important to call people we don’t even know foul and ugly names. Dawn is a great singer and her attitude and personality make her more beautiful that most people. God bless you Dawn! Keep going!!!!

  73. Dena

    I understand looks are important in the entertainment industry but it’s time to get back to talent. Dawn is pretty, intelligent and talented. Her personality makes her even more attractive. Those qualities are rare in that industry. The Aubrey’s of the world come a dime a dozen. Enough is enough already. I wish Dawn the best of luck. I’d love to see one of the good ones win…for a change!

  74. Terri

    People Leave Dawn alone. At least she understands that this is a business for Diddy and a career for her and she needs to be focused and make smart and sensible decisons to continue in this career she chose. Being an artists is hard work. Now unlike others who don’t know a good thing when they see it or don’t want it. I wish Dawn all the best in everything she does. Love You Girl, ignore all these haters. They just hate you because you are doing your thing and having fun doing it.

  75. mikeslady

    I swear hate is a crazy thing DAWN didnt have anything to do with the group breaking up diddy did not take her to do a solo act But if he did SO WHAT jesus i like danity kane and (not more then DAY26 THOUGH)anyway all that needs to happen is aubrey needs to humble herself and they can get this danity kane ball rolling LOVE YOU DAWN FUCK THESE HATERS

  76. Ladee

    Danity Kane was a great group and both of there albums were hot. Dawn is the only person in the group who actually can sing. I am mad that D woods and Aubrey got kicked out, but it is what it is. Aubrey may have been right about letting the group know she was working on a song with diddy, but the group barely talked to each other. Did anyone notice on the show before the finale, Day 26 was eating breakfast, laughing and joking together and then they showed Danity Kane, Dawn was eating by herself. You can tell they didnt get along. Its a shame that people are throwing Dawn’s name in the dirt because someone saw potential in her.

  77. danny

    Dawn is a snake. She plotted to get rid of Aubrey & D. Woods, so she could be the star. She is very ugly, and does look like a Tranny. How come girls always defend ugly girls? Aubrey and D. Woods were the ones that stood out, and Dawn didn’t like it. Well Dawn we will see where you backstabbing gets you? And tell you little feminine boyfriend to quit talking shit about Aubrey. Only a Gay guy would do that.

  78. swaggerx

    damn so many haterz

    dawn keep doin wa u do

  79. Matteo

    5iEoANQFbPTFW

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