Then, she played in a TV commercial in 2009, and was approached by Diddy-Dirty Money, to work with them.She released many songs between 20 like "Me Myself & Y", “These Tears”, "Let Love In", and performed in many counties around North America and Europe, which she toured with the band.Diddy recently disbanded Dirty Money just as abruptly as he had Danity Kane, at the end of a long promotional cycle that yielded one pop crossover (perhaps the album’s weakest and most unrepresentative song, “Coming Home”) and three moderate urban radio hits, with album sales falling just shy of gold certification.Neither of the Dirty Money sirens has wasted any time in kickstarting their solo careers: February saw the release of Kalenna’s mixtape , mainly because it’s very much a mixtape, with forgettable versions of radio hits like Drake’s “The Motto” and an unending parade of terrible anonymous guest rappers with names like Lil Play.

With the aid of a small team of supporters, she released her EP independently through her company, Our Dawn Entertainment.But Kalenna’s tendency towards swag and bravado is a good counterpoint to Richard’s heavily armored vulnerability. “Stop playin’ motherfuckin’ games with my heart,” as the chorus to “Ladder” goes, is an appropriate echo of the “Ass On The Floor” lyric that perhaps best epitomized tracks and sumptuous outtakes like “Sade”: “This Dirty Money shit, it ain’t for everybody, man.It’s a motherfuckin’ vibe, it’s for motherfuckers that’s patient, motherfuckers that like to take their time, and close their eyes, and dream.” For the album’s fervent cult of patient motherfuckers, its expanded universe of mixtapes and solo efforts is the ultimate immersive experience. In the past seven years, the singer has endured everything from the breakup of all-girl group Danity Kane to the unexpected disbandment of hip-hop trio Diddy-Dirty Money.But the release of her solo EP "Armor On" (March 27), only proves that Dawn is prepared to do what it takes to defend herself and her music."I was always the one that people thought wouldn't be able to survive," Dawn tells Billboard.com's The Juice.