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ke$ha

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

KE$HA

Early Life

  • born: March 1, 1987 in LA
  • exposed to music at an early age through her mom who was a songwriter
  • she eventually moved to Nashville with her family when her mom landed a songwriting contract

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  • attended a music school where she learned about songwriting and often tagged along with her mom to work on demos
  • she left school at 17 to pursue her music career
  • she moved to LA where she worked with producer Dr. Luke

Big Break

  • she landed a few gigs as a backup singer for artists like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, but her real big break came when she was featured in Flo Rida's "Right Round" music video (when she adapted the $ to her name)

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  • shortly after she signed a record contract with RCA
  • she released her first single "Tik Tok" later that year and it eventually reached the Billboard Top Charts in January 2010

Animal

  • her debut album
  • includes songs like Tik Tok, Your Love is My drug, Blah Blah Blah, and Dinosaur

Cannibal

  • includes songs like We R Who We R, Sleazy, Blow, and Grow a Pear

Warrior

  • last album (as of right now)
  • includes songs like Die Young, Crazy Kids, and Only Wanna Dance With

#Freekesha

  • Kesha filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke, her producer, for abusing her sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally abused her
  • she cited multiple instances when he forcibly drugged her in order to lower her inhibitions

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  • the same day Kesha filed her lawsuit, her producer also filed a lawsuit against Kesha for defamation and breach of contract claiming that she'd been threatening to leak lies in order to end her contract

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  • the judge in California where Kesha filed the charge has postponed the hearing and the final decision will be made by the New York Supreme Cour