Dawn Richards [former member of Diddy’s hit group, Danity Kane and Dirty Money] has lived her life in the spotlight from the moment she auditioned for Diddy back in 2005. As a singer/songwriter the 29-year old stood out from the group and her popularity grew even more when she began dating her labelmate ‘Q’ of Diddy’s other group “Making The Band”.
The two quickly hit it off and their relationship was on public display every moment thereafter. Things suddenly changed after both Dawn’s and Q’s group were disbanded [2009 -2010] on television followed by a meltdown from Q who seem to be overwhelmed by it all. Dawn went and joined Diddy’s new group “Dirty Money” and many wondered what happened to her relationship with Q. Dawn has always remained loyal to Q despite their silent break-up but she finally revealed the reason for their break-up on Sway XM radio show.
On whether she believed that Q was jealous over her success:
No, I don’t think that I was elevating and he wasn’t. I just think it was just two different circumstances as well at two different ages. I think he was young and still trying to figure it out. It was just hard. I don’t think people will ever understand what he was going through because he was trying to be a man and at the same time he was trying to figure out what being a man was. So that’s hard to do. And umI think we were just on two different pages. I knew what this game was already and I think he was younger and I was in a different place in my life, so I kind of knew how to take the blows better than he did. I just think I was playing a better game at chess than he was at the time.
On The Break-up With Q
Nah He cheated. That’s was he reality. We talked about it and I know he is going to be mad like, ‘Yo why [did you do that?] but its real like that sh*t happens. We talked about it, it came at me and I made a choice and that was that. It was more than once, different people.God is good for me, man. I was praying and we were fighting and I was saying it kind of made him…[pause] He ain’t that dude, he really tries to be a good person and I think he got lost in it [music business], that’s all. Honestly, sometimes I think it could be much I think I am enough and if I’m not then I’m not the chick you need to be rocking with and I made a choice. He ain’t a bad person.
Whether She Cheated On Q
Nah that’s not my style. I’m a LEO, we faithful and loyal. I’m a different chick, if it’s done write, I’m sticking home.
Here’s Part 2 where Dawn reveals one of her most memorable moments in ‘dirty money’ where Diddy flat out “spazzed” on her and Kaleena Harper. Take a listen.
Dawn’s new album “Armor On” is available now on itunes.