I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

and the Beastie Boys. Pebe a single mother struggled financially while supporting herself Kesha and her older brother Lagan; they relied on welfare payments and food stamps to get by. Luke and Martin had received one of Kesha's demo from Samantha Cox senior director of writer/publiKeshar relations at Broadcast Music Incorporated and were impressed.

Her "talky" rap technique yodeling and excessive auto-tune have become her trademark and all three have led to scrutiny regarding her vocal talent. Her debut album Animal and her first extended play Cannibal were released in 2010. Philanthropically Kesha has been involved with animal rights and LGBT activism.