Dawn-Angeliqué Richard, known professionally as
Dawn or
D∆WN (born August 5, 1983), is an American
singer-songwriter. Richard started her career after auditioning for
Making the Band 3 in 2004, During this time Richard became a member of American girl band
Danity Kane, from 2005 to 2009, and reformed the group with 3 of the original 5 members in late 2013. In 2009 Richard joined
Diddy-Dirty Money with label head
Sean "Diddy" Combs and
Kalenna Harper, disbanding in 2011.