When Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs first took over the reigns of the ‘Making the Band’ series, his vision was to find the most talented individuals and infuse their talents towards one common goal. Diddy’s version of the show, ‘Making the Band 2’, premiered in 2003 and audiences got to enjoy the rollercoaster ride associated with member of ‘Da Band’.
 
Season 3 premiered in 2004 and Diddy has his mind set on finding the next female super group. After much trials and tribulations were thrown the girls’ way, only three females were left standing at the end of the season and the premise of the next season was Diddy looking to put the finishing touches on the band. When the dust had settled, the group ‘Danity Kane’ was formed in late 2005, consisting of members Aubrey O’Day, D Woods, Shannon Bex, Dawn Richard, and Aundrea Fimbres. 
 
Combining sex appeal, talent, youthful energy, and a desire to make it big, much was expected from Danity Kane in the years to come but unfortunately things never panned out as expected. There were some bright moments, such as the group selling over 234,000 copies of their self-titled debut album which would eventually go platinum. Ever since the group was put together, however, there were rumors of Danity’s demise and sure enough things began to unravel bit by bit.
 
Aubrey O’Day was accused by Diddy of trying to expand her fame at the expense of the group and their relationship seemed to be tense. In October of 2008 Diddy announced that O’Day was no longer associated with the group and D Woods was also gone shortly thereafter. Upset with all of the drama, Shannon Bex would walk away shortly thereafter and it was revealed to audiences earlier this year that Fimbres had also been removed from the group, leaving Richard as the lone woman standing.
 
Despite being told by Diddy that she was still part of the Bad Boy label, Richard was still emotionally shocked and was quoted as saying “I’m still surprised at it all. I’m still trying to recover from the first fire. So I’m still confused. I still don’t know. I’m just being so honest. I have no idea.” 
 
Looking back, it is somewhat of a shame that Danity Kane was never able to have a stronger push in the industry. They had a great look about them and their talent did show through on certain occasions. It’s unknown what will happen to the members of the original group as they go about their solo projects, but all we can do is remember the good old days.
 
24 Hour Hip Hop recently took at look at Danity Kane’s breakup and got some reaction from the fans of a few choice message boards. In their words, this is what everyone had to say about the group’s image, their breakup, the antics of the reunion show, and their overall love and hate for the group…

(Angelbx @ MTV.com)…
“I said this before and I will say it again, Aubrey is not attractive or talented. Huge ego with a lot of eye liner sums up Aubrey. Dawn is talented and humble, she never needed danity kane any way. Whether she makes as a strong solo artist or not she still has a future set for herself. She is a great song writer and choreographer. Oh and I will agree with you aubrey groupies on one point the hell with diddy. he has been using artist and sucking them dry since biggie. only a matter of time before he screws over day 26 and donnie. cassie will be the only artist of his that will survive since she is sleeping with him.”

(Tovonya Chaunteu @ MTV.com)…
“I am so sick of Diddy making these groups but basically tearing them apart! I will miss Danity Kane & I wish all of them the best!”

(Tropicav @ Popeater.com)…
“Sometimes you have to wonder if Diddy was involveed in the infamous murders more than a decade ago so he could take over his supposed world. Quite greedy and selfish huh??”

(Buffylv @ MTV.com)…
“Dawn is fake. I haven’t been able to stand her since all this has gone down with the other girls. She was never my favorite in the first place, too boring! But she did not stand by any of the other girls, not even Aundrea in the end. Day26 sucks and so does she! “

(Ariel @ BittenandBound.com)…
“Don’t mean to Offend Anyone or Anybody but this is the truth…Dawn ok dawn should have never open her mouth. sorry but it’s true…because maybe would could still have a danity kane…and if diddy wasn’t so dumb and f-ed over other people such as ‘cassie,TV,any other way to look like a dumb ass’ he could actually see whats going to happening to Bad Boy’s Company & His Clothing Line…just face it…Bad Boy is going down the tubes and Def Jam going to take over…For Example…B5 or 112…it’s soon going to happen to Day 26…So technically it wasn’t the girls…IT WAS DIDDY! because he’s not a good producer thats why everybody either goes to Def Jam or Atlantic Records because there better off having more than two albums….Oh and P.S,…The group is nothing with out d.woods and aubrey o’day so danity kane is nothing now.”

(Kjabbamodern @ MTV.com)…
“I dont think diddy really fired d-woods cause she decided to quit when diddy fired aubrey, cause diddy edited his words and offered her to be back on the group, and shannon quit cause i think she was just tired of the situation and and wanted a break to be with her family and aundrea was fired cause diddy was insecure of working with her again because she had previously said she wanted to quit so he fired her cause he thinks that if there are other obstacles then she is going to want to quit again, so dawn was left, i think its sad on how things ended but i wish them all the best and for them just to be happy, we never know they might come together some day or make like a reunion but i doubt it cause they seemed into their own thing during the finale, i wish they would of done like a final performance for the fans cause its only right and professional to properly say goodbye by doing a final performance but oh well, i love DK.”

(Kimberly @ Topix.com)…
“I think danity kane should be back together as a group and friends because u have millions of fans and tong of great music and just remember that we will always luv u!”

(J2thB4u @ MTV.com)…
“Im not sure I understand why Dawn is gettin blamed for the group split? Aubrey was off doing broadway when they had shows they were suppose to be doin?! If anyone caused the problems it was attention ***** Aubrey!”

(J-Dub @ BittenandBound.com)…
“I say good riddance. 5 nobody’s w/talent that had the chance of a lifetime….and still can’t hold it together..kick them 2 the curb for real. get d woods back though, she could sang. aubrey looks just like all of the othe barbie clones out there, just not w/as much talent. she is easily replaceable, and won’t b missed. she needs 2 shut the hrll up, swallow the pride; learn her part and play her role. u see what happened 2 the ex members of destiny’s child right…..nuff said.”

(Y2Kyle @ MTV.com)…
“I think at this point the whole Danity Kane breakup has been rammed down our throats. Yes they were a great group and I’m sad that I won’t hear from them yet at the same time, all this crap is not worth it.”

(WinderUpper @ MTV.com)…
“I’m dissapointed that after all this time, Aubrey and Dwoods still didn’t explain themselves! It’s amazing how Aubrey’s fans are not holding her accountable for not answering! Dawn tried to keep the group together and you folks want to bash her for that!……But it’s OK for Aubrey to just go on her merry little way! Do we really…really…think Aubrey and Dwoods can hang with Beyonce, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Britney, Mary J., Mariah, Kelly Clarkson.,Christina A., Ciara, Carrie U. and Taylor Swift as a long-time solo act?????? Folks,Aubrey is not Grammy material, VMA or AMA ready or Oscar-talented so why bother?”

(Prince of Plano @ MTV.com)…
“The fact that Aundrea did not come to the reunion is exactly why they will never get back together. They can never all be on the same page. Looking at the girls last night, they looked like complete individuals, not a group. I’m happy they are all moving on. I hope D. has an awesome solo carrer, Shanon has success with country, Dawn with Diddy, and Aubrey with brodway and her solo album. I also hope Aundrea finds herself and doesn’t give up on her dream.”

(Elizabeth White @ BittenandBound.com)…
“I hate to see the girl break up . Diddy you say your about money. Then do the man thing get the girl together and let them put it out on the table and once the shit is over, then let it be over. Let, them know where you stand as a manager with out the fear that if they have an opinion that they would or will be kick out. I like them. They, make you money.”

(TexasBoy @ MTV.com)…
“What was up with Day 26 ok the last finale when they all had to perform they were horrible and guess what they were this time too. now I hope they don’t have that Keyshia Cole syndrome, only sound good on CD.”

(Blaquereign@972 @ MTV.com)…
“Like I have said before, noone knows the real deal as to why they split up, THEY do. Ok so yea Dawn has a solo deal, but the REALITY of it is, she probably wont do as well either. Just take a look at how many Bad Boy artists you see now that are doing well and have LONGEVITY with BadBoy, its very few. With that being said I probably wont be watching another MTB season, another girl group please, BB has had 2 already that didnt make it (Total, Dream). I wouldnt even want to be a part of something like what Diddy has created. So with that being said we dont know who did what, or the reasons behind the breakup.”
 
(Memphis Most Wanted @ BadBoyBlog.com)…
“To me D Woods was always one of the real ones. So girl please do whatever you do I hope you stay blessed. Dust your shoulders off and don’t cry over spilled milk!”

(LocaNina @ MTV.com)…
“well I have to disagree with many of the things that have been said If Dawn was so focused on her “solo” why was she trying desperately to get the remaining members back to be in a group. From season one she, Audrea, and Shannon have been about the group as a whole. D Woods spoke the thruth about them not being happy and finding other outlets for their happiness. From day one she was not about this group, she was about her other girl group. This experince for her was about getting that group exposesure and when it came time to decide what to purt yourr whole heart into she chose to be physically present but emotionallly checked out as did the reat of the members. This is what untimately broke these girls up. I think had Diddy selected teo other girls besides Aubrey and D Woods, this would have been a different story and DK might still be together. I have no hate for any of the girls but they really wasted a good oppurtunity that hundreds of thousands of girls would have appreciated. My biggest issue with these girls is that no one held a gun to theirhead and forced them to be in this group. The chose to be there and should have fufilled that commitment.”

(Kimberly @ Topix.com)…
“I think danity kane should be back together as a group and friends because u have millions of fans and tong of great music and just remember that we will always luv u!”

(Dammist @ BittenandBound.com)…
“they not gone get back 2gether i couldnt see them in a group in the first place i knew this was going to happen when making the band 4 first started, its a shme it had to go down like that.”