“There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a lot of the R&B and pop music out there.”

American singer

Dawn Angeliqué Richard is an American singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She first came to wider attention in 2004, when she auditioned for MTV's Making the Band 3 and helped form the girl group Danity Kane. Her public profile grew through that reality television competition and the group that emerged from it. She is known as a performer whose career began in the music industry, with those early years tied to pop group work and televised talent competition.