Dawn Angeliqué Richard, known professionally as Dawn Richard or D∆WN, is an American singer-songwriter, actress and animator. 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.
