Lakeisha Gamble, one of the contributing founders of Mindless Behavior, convinced future producer of the group, Walter Millsap, to form an American boy band.
[3] Millsap is the founder of Conjunction Entertainment Inc., and has worked with the likes of Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Lopez.
Along with Gamble and Millsap, there was Streamline Records head Vincent Herbert, who agreed on the concept of forming a boy band.
This helped them gain fans and recognition, along with their YouTube channel that held their creative "MB Cam" and Ustream account.
In 2011, Mindless Behavior headlined the Scream Tour with Diggy Simmons, which featured The OMG Girlz, Jacob Latimore, and Hamilton Park.
1 Girl Tour held opening acts from artists Jacob Latimore, Lil Twist, and Kayla Brianna.
[22][23] While on tour, the group visited the Ronald McDonald House in Georgia to cheer up some of the young patients who were battling cancer.
For almost two years, Mindless Behavior participated in interviews, and even held shows for their fans, without a lead singer.
[28] Following this hiatus, Mindless Behavior were removed from Interscope's roster, and signed a deal with Epic Records.
[29] In July 2014, August was videotaped beating a man, and he posted the video on his personal Instagram account.
In the video, a shirtless August walks over to a man who is kneeling over a bicycle and ruthlessly punches him multiple times ending with a kick to the face.
[30][31] Sources close to him, such as friends, say that the man had money that was to be owed to August, and there was no specific amount of debt mentioned.
After the incident had spread, he went to his Twitter account to shed light on the situation, explaining: "I'm just a lil one out here on my own, no mom because she stay taking from me & no father because he wasn't around until all this happened.
"[32] Four months later, in November 2014, August was tagged as the main suspect after the BMW 325i of producer Chris Clark went missing while on a studio session with Santo.
In April, he accepted a plea deal of two years in jail, and began serving his time in July.
August himself held an Instagram Live, speaking with fans about his situation, and posted a photo of himself, with the caption "#comingsoon".