Kesha receives freedom bit by bit

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Brianna Rayner, Op-Ed editor

Kesha Rose Sebert is a rapper, singer, and songwriter who was trained to dream immensely in her home town of Los Angeles, California. As the view in California was continuously amicable, Kesha and her family faced various struggles in their prime. The issues were usually based around money; “We were on welfare and food stamps” Kesha quotes on her official website.

Kesha’s aptitude didn’t fall far from the tree, considering her mom, Pepe Sebert, was also a songwriter. Also meaning Kesha has been exposed to music before she was even out of her mother’s womb. Music essentially released the Sebert family from their financial burdens, once the family moved to Nashville, where Pepe Sebert had landed a songwriting contract. According to, biography.com, “Her mother’s biggest songwriting success was Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You, which was a hit for Joe Sun and Dolly Parton.”

Kesha was destined to follow in her mother’s footsteps, and that is exactly what she ended up pursuing. At the age of 17, she left high school to chase her dreams. She transformed her name to Kesha and moved to Los Angeles to work with producer Dr. Luke. From then on, Kesha’s story only grows to be more intriguing.

Kesha’s fame began broadening right in front of her eyes. The people found her to be very exotic, by her reckless/exciting image she has displayed in her music videos, lyrics and within her style. They were intrigued to learn more about her and hear the pristine music she still had yet to offer. Unfortunately, Kesha began dealing with some internal struggles.

During the winter of 2014, she sought treatment for an eating disorder. Later that year, Kesha filed a lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke, stating that he sexually harassed and assaulted her among other claims. Dr. Luke in turn has sued Kesha and her mother for defamation. In other words, the action of damaging the good reputation of someone. He was basically proclaiming his innocence.

In reality the struggle Kesha faced was wholeheartedly out of her control. Considering the man she has been forced to work with for her whole career has been mentally and physically assaulting, harassing and abusing her.
Ever since then Kesha had been dealing with an ongoing battle for something that is very valuable to every American: her freedom. Celebrities from around the world sympathized for her as the story spread more diligently than combustion. According to biography.com, “Adele and Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift even donated $250,000 to the young singer after a February 2016 court decision that refused to grant Kesha an injunction that would have freed her from her contract to Dr. Luke’s label at Sony Music.”

Even though Kesha’s aspiration has been denied, Sony records attempted to make things a tad bit more accessible for her. Legally, Kesha still has to work with Sony and Dr. Luke, but she doesn’t have to record music in his presence. Kesha has been given the opportunity to produce a brand new track with Zedd, a Russian-German Grammy Award winning musician, music producer and DJ.

The track they produce will have to be reviewed by Sony before any publication. But at least Kesha is finally getting granted a little freedom back, living her dream and sharing her talents with the world once again; what she is most certainly destined to do. The song the created was released as the album’s fourth single on April 29, 2016. The title of her new song is

“True Colors”. This is Kesha’s first music release in over three years. There is no suppressing her now.