Blackbook Magazine: Ke$ha Puts Her Money Where Her Dirty Mouth Is
Naked save for a pair of cowboy boots, an American flag-patterned jacket, and some glitter on her cheeks, Kesha Rose Sebert sinks into a couch in her dressing room and ponders the concept of money. “It comes and goes, and it buys you shit,” says the 23-year-old pop sensation known to the public as Ke$ha. “But it’s a manmade creation, so I don’t let it rule my life.” Then she grins, flashes her wide blue eyes, and says, “I am fucking money.”
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Which isn’t entirely inaccurate, judging by how she spells her name, at least. I ask about the stylized moniker, bracing for an eye roll. “Anybody would get sick of that question, especially if you’re being asked 45 times every day, but I’m the asshole who put it there,” she says. “I had no money when I chose it and, instead of wallowing in self-pity, I decided to use it as a statement of self-worth.”