1. Dawn Angelique Richard was born on August 5,1983 and is an American singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
35 Facts About Dawn Richard
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Dawn Richard began her career auditioning for MTV's Making the Band 3 in 2004, during which she formed the girl group Danity Kane.
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Dawn Richard is of Louisiana Creole and Haitian descent and was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Dawn Richard later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, due to being displaced following Hurricane Katrina.
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Dawn Richard's mother owned a dancing school where Richard spent much of her childhood developing her choreography and singing skills, but currently works at a school in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Early in her teens, Dawn Richard began performing with a local New Orleans group called "Realiti".
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An avid fan of manga, while Danity Kane was in the studio, Dawn Richard drew a female superhero which caught the attention of Combs.
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Dawn Richard then decided that it should be the name of the group.
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Dawn Richard has remixed a song with London-based artist Cherri V, titled "Fast Car".
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Dawn Richard said in an interview that she would be releasing a soundtrack for the Danity Kane comic book, to be released in March 2009.
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On January 27,2009, Dawn Richard confirmed to MTV News in an interview that Danity Kane had completely split up.
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Dawn Richard told Richard that she would stay on the label and that if there were any future plans for a new Danity Kane, she would be the only returning member.
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In 2009, Dawn Richard began working with Bad Boy Records, writing for artist Cassie and Combs himself.
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Dawn Richard became a member of the Diddy-Dirty Money collective, which includes Combs and singer-songwriter Kalenna Harper.
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Dawn Richard featured in Keri Hilson's video for "The Way You Love Me" as "Money".
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Dawn Richard is the first member of Danity Kane to have released professional music under a major label after their split, with the Dirty Money album.
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Dawn Richard worked with Trendsetter on a few tracks for that album.
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Dawn Richard quickly followed with a leading single titled "Bombs".
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Dawn Richard released three video trailers on YouTube for her singles "Faith" and "Wild N'Young", which were meshed into one music video released on August 29,2012, as the final release from Armor On.
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Dawn Richard announced that her major solo debut project will be a trilogy of albums entitled Goldenheart, BlackHeart, and RedemptionHeart.
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In celebration of her one million Twitter followers, Dawn Richard introduced the set-up for her album GoldenHeart on July 17,2012, with a track entitled "Pretty Wicked Things".
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Originally intended for release in October 2012, Dawn Richard delayed the release after signing a distribution deal with independent company Altavoz Distribution, which would release physical copies to retailers, and provide a wider marketing reach.
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Dawn Richard released the album independently, as she felt record labels were "taking a bit longer than we want".
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Dawn Richard was scheduled to release the second installment in her album trilogy, BlackHeart, in October 2013, but announced that the album would be released after the Danity Kane project.
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On October 29,2014, two days after DK3s release, Dawn Richard debuted the music video for her lead single "Blow" to Vevo.
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On September 28,2015, Dawn Richard debuted "Dance", the first single from The Red Era.
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On March 12,2016, Dawn Richard started her Redemption Live show tour and performed the first ever YouTube live 360 performance.
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On September 15,2016, Richard began filming the lead role, Joyce, in the 2017 movie Kinky, written by Jean-Claude Lamarre and starring Robert Ri'chard, Gary Dourdan and Vivica A Fox.
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Dawn Richard provided guest vocals on the song "Cool Your Heart" from Dirty Projectors' self-titled album, which was released February 21,2017.
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On January 25,2019, Dawn Richard released her 5th solo album, New Breed.
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In September 2020 according to Deadline Hollywood, Dawn Richard joined the cast of the Indie thriller Issac alongside Dove Cameron and RJ Mitte.
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Dawn Richard posed naked for one PETA ad campaign promoting the lifestyle, and appeared in another protesting the use of leather.
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Dawn Richard said it was Mosley's infidelity that broke them up in a radio interview for Sway in the Morning.
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In 2016 Dawn Richard released a limited edition sterling silver and red USB necklace to accompany the trilogy finale REDEMPTION.
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Dawn Richard began working with Adult Swim during summer 2016 as a content creator, recording several Adult Swim singles.