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Inteligence
In an interview with Scott Simon on NPR's Saturday Edition (January 16, 2010), Kesha reported her SAT score at 1599 (out of 1600), that she was a serious student with many advanced placement classes, having a love of physics, math and history. Seems that much of Kesha's success and precociousness may be a function of a very high native intelligence coupled with focussed hard work and a mother who spent time after school with Kesha doing such things as writing song lyrics (which both are well known for). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.6.243.243 (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can find, SAT scores were and are reported inmultiples of ten. She may or may not be that intelligent, but I seriously doubt she scored a 1599. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.142.63 (talk) 16:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
And this begs the question of why she is writing music about parties and getting drunk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.250.101 (talk) 03:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
- Because they are two completely different matters. 155.69.192.110 (talk) 22:36, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
- Partying and getting drunk do not measure your intelligence anymore. In fact, smartest people tend to be the most outgoing. You've never watched The Big Bang Theory as far as I can see. Smart is the new sexy.--Fluence (talk) 16:41, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
I rewrote the early life section to include the information from the NPR piece while removing the minor bit about Nicole Richie. Maybe it can be considered for inclusion?
Kesha was born in the ] of Los Angeles to a single parent. Her mother, Pebe Sebert, a singer and songwriter, looked after then infant Kesha onstage while performing.<ref name=wwd>{{citation|url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/kesha-sebert-hard-candy-2248492|title=Kesha Sebert: Hard Candy|work=]|publisher=]|first=Nick|last=Axelrod|date=August 26, 2009|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> Pebe was struggling financially while supporting Kesha and her older brother, Lagan,<ref name=guardian>{{citation|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/29/kesha-interview-elizabeth-day|title=She's a walking, talking living dollar|accessdate=November 29, 2009|date=November 29, 2009|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|publisher=]}}</ref> at the time and they had to rely on welfare payments and food stamps to get by.<ref name=bio>{{citation|url=http://www.rcarecords.com/artists.php#Kesha|title=Official biography|publisher=]|accessdate=January 10, 2009}}</ref> Pebe moved the family to ], ] in 1991 after securing a publishing deal. She often brought Kesha and her brothers, Lagan and Louis, along to recording studios<ref name=guardian/> and encouraged Kesha to sing.<ref name=bio/> Pebe also taught Kesha how to write songs<ref name=guardian/> and they would often write songs together when she returned home from school.<ref name=npr/>
The Sebert family was featured in an episode of '']'' in 2005, as the host family after answering an ad placed in the newspaper.<ref name=herald>{{citation|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/keha-moves-from-reality-tv-and-being-broke-to-stardom-and-new-album-animal/story-e6frf9hf-1225820030135|title=Ke$ha moves from reality TV and being broke, to stardom and new album Animal|accessdate=January 20, 2010|date=January 15, 2010|first=Cameron|last=Adams|publisher=Herald and Weekly Time|work=]}}</ref> Kesha was already working on her music<ref name=ew>{{citation|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/11/kesha-tik-tok-interview/|title=Ke$ha: A Music Mix Q&A|date=December 11, 2009|first=Joseph|last=Lynch|accessdate=December 12, 2009|publisher=]}}</ref> and giving out demos by then.<ref name=irish>{{citation|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/features/all-that-glitter-2004689.html|title=All that glitter$|date=January 8, 2010|first=Aibhe|last=Malone|accessdate=January 10, 2010|publisher=]}}</ref> Academically minded, Kesha would often drive to ] to listen to Cold War history classes after school and achieved near perfect ] scores.<ref name=npr>{{citation|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122610692|title=$uper$tar Ke$ha Top$ Chart$|date=January 16, 2010|publisher=]|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> However, she dropped out of ] at the age of seventeen,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100119/PROMO/301200001/Ke-ha-a-Brentwood-High-school-dropout-cashes-in-on-pop-music-dream|title=Ke$ha, a Brentwood High school dropout, cashes in on pop music dream|accessdate=January 21, 2010|date=January 19, 2010|publisher=]|first=DAVE|last=PAULSON}}</ref> after being convinced by ] to return to Los Angeles and pursue a music career.<ref name=bio/> He had come across her demos and was so impressed<ref name=wwd/> that he immediately contacted her and began flying her to New York and Los Angeles to record music.<ref name=ew/>
155.69.193.5 (talk) 01:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Use Ke$ha, not Kesha
I think we should rename the article to "Ke$ha", and use it throughout the article. That's what she's know by. --Rob (talk) 14:24, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
yeah, agree. her stage name is Ke$ha, but her birth name is Kesha. btw it doesn't pronounce "Kee-sha". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.81.4 (talk) 22:08, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
illegal image
User DamonNylon has uploaded an image. The image in question is : Image.
With a bit more digging i have found the original image. Wire Image
- Author/Owner: Noel Vasquez
- ID Number : 60464759
- Name : Ke$ha performs at KIIS FM's 2010 Wango Tango Concert at Staples Center
- Post Date : 15 May 2010
- ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT
The image is clearly not his and should be deleted. ..:CK:.. 04:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, it is a copyright violating image. Should be prod in commons. Remove it from the article. --Legolas 08:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
- This issue is still not addressed. --Legolas 11:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
Article Title Ke$ha?
As I've seen with every other article on Misplaced Pages, the stage name of the person is the title of the article, not their real name. So why is this article titled Kesha and not Ke$ha?--Valkyrie Red (talk) 04:13, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- This has already been discussed several times, see WP:MOSTM. Next time please read previous discussions before starting a new topic to make sure the issue has not already been discussed ..:CK:.. 04:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ah I see. The article says to avoid any special characters used for decoration purposes. This is her stage name. You don't really have any proof that she is using this namely for decoration. It's more for promotion.Valkyrie Red (talk) 16:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)