Day26 gained fame when Sean “Diddy” Combs assembled the group in 2007 on MTV’s music competition series Making the Band.
Now, the five members — Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Qwanell “Que” Mosley, Willie Taylor, and Michael McCluney — are speaking out about lingering “trauma” from working with Combs and his inner circle.
Day26 discussed what it was like when they joined the Bad Boy Records roster, in a recent interview with VladTV.
Like many other singers and rappers who appeared on Making the Band — including Dawn Richard, D. Woods, and Freddy P — Day26 said their dream of working with Diddy turned out to be a nightmare.
Que said the music mogul was not the only bad actor in the Bad Boy camp. He specifically singled out Roger Bonds, the mogul’s former head of security, who has done several interviews since Diddy’s arrest.
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Que accused Bonds of being complicit in some of Diddy’s alleged abuse, during the interview, which was posted to YouTube on Feb. 4.
“My thing with Roger Bonds was, I had an issue with him and I was kind of nervous around them because I was in an email and I saw some things in a personal email that threw me off guard,” Que said.
When pressed, he declined to give specifics on what the email said.
“I understand you’re crying now from the trauma that you seen, but what about the trauma you put me through when I read that email,” he said referring to Bonds.
“That’s why, it’s not just Sean that’s guilty. They’re all f–king guilty, man. I don’t just put the blame on Sean, I blame everybody that’s in his circle, they’re all minions and they all wanna be like him. And if they can’t be like him, they try to come against him. If they don’t got the money or they can’t get it as quick as him, or whatever he’s doing to get it, then all of a sudden, it’s like, ‘Let’s turn against him now,’” he continued.
Que said he spent time with Diddy when he was sober and when the mogul was on drugs, and the difference was night and day.
Vlad then asked him to elaborate.
“I’ll keep it very short — things felt very sacrificial,” Que said. “I don’t want to sound like I’m a conspiracy person, too. Because I’m not. But when you’re under a power, man, it’s just… I can’t go into details now. But sir, I’ll tell you, it felt like some sacrificial stuff was going on, to where I ran to get help.”
Que said he told his doctor, his family, and the people around him what he was “going through and experiencing.”
The other group members said when they found out what was happening to Que, they were “in tears.”
“I’ve got to get an injection in my arm every month for mental health now, for the rest of my life. ” Que said. “They diagnosed me as schizophrenic and bipolar.”
Que then began to cry. “I don’t know why somebody [would be] that evil, I don’t get it. I don’t know why somebody would do that to talented, passionate people,” he said through tears.
The other members of the group also began to cry. “We gotta take a break,” one member said.
Diddy was arrested on Sept. 16 in New York City and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
The mogul is currently jailed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, after being denied bail by three different federal judges. His trial is scheduled to begin on May 5, 2025.
Watch the interview below. Que discusses Roger Bonds and Diddy at the 5:10 mark.
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