Kesha is now a startup founder

Kesha may have taken the dollar sign out of her name, but now, the singer is thinking about money again — not for herself, but to fund the seed round of her new startup, Smash. According to Kesha’s Instagram post, Smash will be a “community-based platform to connect and protect music creators,” which aligns with the mission of her new eponymous record label, which she announced last year. The 38-year-old chart-topper has always been more than a glitter-clad party girl singing about brushing her teeth with Jack Daniel’s. Beneath her infectious 2010s pop music is a darker story — one in which she felt stripped of her power, both as an artist and a person, by a predatory record deal that she signed when she was a teenager. After a traumatic public legal battle with her producer, Kesha now says that she is a “free woman,” and she’s making new music. Both her label, Kesha Records, and the app Smash seek to help others make music without compromising their creative rights. “I want a plac ... Read full article.