Kesha is now the founder of a startup

Kesha may have I got a dollar sign out Her name is about, but now the singer is thinking about money again – not for herself, but for funding her new startup seed round, smash.

According to Kesha’s Instagram postSmash will become “a community-based platform for connecting and protecting music creators”, consistent with her new mission Record label of the same nameshe announced last year.

The 38-year-old chart topper always sings more than a sparkly party girl Brushing Jack Daniel’s teeth. Under her infection 2010s pop music, the story she felt is a darker story I stripped her of her strengthas an artist and as a person Predatory Record Contract That she signed when she was a teenager.

rear Traumatic public legal battles With her producer, Kesha is now “Free woman” And she’s making new music. Both her labels, Kesha Records and App Smash, are looking to help others make music without undermining their creative rights.

“We want a place where all kinds of artists and music makers can have a community. Kesha said In an interview with Wired. “There is no contact gatekeeping.”

She described the app as “Music Creator LinkedIn” or “Fiverr Style Market.” The difference is that Smash plans to prioritize artist rights at every stage.

Kesha’s CTO on the project is Alan Canisterro. He built some of his first iOS apps at Apple and spent 12 years working for Facebook, where he built the annual review feature. He left to start a social video platform rheocovered by TechCrunch in 2016.