O-Town's Jacob Underwood, Ashley Parker Angel, Dan Miller, Trevor Penick and Erik-Michael Estrada in 2001. Among the boy bands of late ’90s and early 2000s, O-Town stands out.

O-Town first formed on the inaugural season of Making the Band, going on to chart three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and ...

O-Town Members Distance Themselves From Diddy: “We Have Nothing to Do With Him” “We've already had a Lou [Pearlman] and now we're dealing with a Diddy,” says Erik-Michael Estrada.

O-Town, a boy band from Making the Band, faces career setbacks due to confusion linking them to Sean “Diddy” Combs, who took over the show later.

O-Town is making it clear that they have no connection to Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Of all the bands in Making the Band, we’re the only one not tied to him,” original member Jacob Underwood ...

However, on O-Town’s season of the show, Diddy was not involved, with Backstreet Boys and NSYNC manager Lou Pearlman – himself also a highly controversial figure – acting as the mentor figure.

O-Town first formed on the inaugural season of Making the Band, going on to chart three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and tour with Britney Spears at the turn of the millennium.