The boy band was formed on the first season of Making the Band, which didn't involve the embattled hip-hop mogul.

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 said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday,

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 said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday,

"We already inherited our own infamous producer/manager [Pearlman] from our version of Making the Band and now another version and its mogul is affecting us," says Erik-Michael Estrada, 45. "For our livelihood to be impacted this many years after the brand was moved to him is so unfortunate.