Dawn Robinson, one of the founding members of the R&B group En Vogue, revealed she has been living in her car for the past three years.
“A lot of celebrities have slept in their cars,” Robinson said in a video uploaded to her official YouTube account on Tuesday. “A lot of people, not just sleeping, but lived in their cars.”
Filming from her car, Robinson said in 2020, she was living with her parents in Las Vegas, calling it “wonderful until it wasn’t.”
She said her mom became angry and was taking it out on her. Robinson moved into her car for about a month before her former manager encouraged her to move to L.A. She said he paid for her to live in a hotel for eight months, but when she started doing research about people living in their cars and RVs, she said she decided to live in her car full-time.
“This is not like, ‘Oh, my god, poor Dawn,’” Robinson said. ”‘She’s living in her car and it’s terrible and oh, woe is me.’ It’s not that.”
While she admitted that she would choose to live in an apartment if she could, she added she’s been “glad” for the time spent in her car. She said she’s learning about herself and called living in her car an “adventure” and “journey.”
“I’m glad that I made this choice because I needed to go through this fire,” she said.
She said she’s been documenting the last few years and believes more people will start living “off-grid.” She said she has a gym membership, and that’s where she showers.
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Robinson joined En Vogue in 1989 and ten years later, she joined the group Lucy Pearl and then went solo. In 2005 and 2009, she and En Vogue’s three other original members reunited, but Robinson is no longer with the group. Over the years, En Vogue has sold 20 million records worldwide and has been nominated for seven Grammys, including for their songs, “Don’t Let Go (Love)” and “Free Your Mind.” Billboard has ranked the group the third most successful female R&B group of the past 25 years.
Robinson said that when her career has a resurgence, it will be “amazing.” And, she added she visualizes a day where her experiences are turned into a documentary.
“I miss my family, but I’m proud of me,” she said.