MTV News' Jocelyn Vena reports that Dawn Richard's solo work will be released by Bad Boy. This had seemed pretty clear, judging from the third season, part two finale of Making the Band 4, but I had wanted to wait until something concrete before calling it official.

Of course, Dawn was discovered through Making the Band 3 as one of the five girls that would become Danity Kane. There have been rumors that Dawn would go solo, for a while now, and Dawn has denied them, even as late as January of this year. However, with the group's official disbandment, Dawn is now a solo artist on the label.

It is unclear when we will be seeing solo material for her and there has no been guidance provided on when to expect any material from her. But, she figures to factor majorly into Diddy's next album, "Last Train to Paris," as a member of Diddy's three person band, Dirty Money.