Ke$ha

             Kesha Rose Sebert was born on March 1, 1987 in Los Angeles, California.  Her mother, Patricia Sebert raised Kesha as a single mother and is also a singer/songwriter who co-wrote the 1978 single, "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You". Kesha also has a brother, Lagan, who was also be supported by his single mom. Kesha has claimed that she has no identity of her father, but recently, a man who claimed to be her father approached Star Magazine with pictures and letters. Her 2 maternal grandparents are from Hungary, and her other ones are from Poland. In 1991, Kesha's mother moved her and her brother to Nashville, Tennessee, to reach her goal of songwriting. A little while after, Kesha's younger brother, Louis was born. Her mother noticed her vocal talent when she brought her daughter to the recording studio with her. Kesha played the trumpet and saxophone in her school marching band. Later, she went to Franklin High School and Brentwood High School. She took songwriting lessons and also taught by her mother, also called Pebe ( short for Patricia). A while after, she began recording songs in the recording studio with her mom after school. Kesha and Pebe wrote a song called, "Stephen" and later on Kesha hunted down David Gamson (whom Kesha admired) who finally agreed to produce the song. Shortly after, Kesha dropped out of  high school at age 17 to pursue he music career. 

          In 2005, Kesha signed into Dr.Duke's label. Kesha then sang background vocals for Paris' Hilton's song "Nothing in this World". A little while after that, she signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc. She worked together with several writers and producers while at the company. She also helped co-write Australian pop group "The Veronicas" single "This Love" with producer Tony Gad.  While working on her first debut album "Animal and Cannibal", she wrote 200 songs. It was produced by Luke, Benny Blanco, and Ammo. It made Billboard Hot 200 when it was released in January 2010. By September, it hit platinum in the US and sold worldwide 2 million albums. The album includes, "Tik Tok", "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love is my Drug", and "Take it Off". Recently, she came out with her album "Warrior" which was released in November 2012. This album features producers Dr.Luke and Max Martin. The first single was "Die Young" and the album is on number thirteen on Billboard Hot 100.