'I want to make sure what happened to me never happens to anyone else again': Kesha launches new community platform for creators

Kesha has launched a new community platform for creators.

The 38-year-old music star revealed her reasons for creating the platform Smash is to save others from signing “predatory deals” like she did at the age of 18.

She said: “My goal is to shift the power structure of the music making business [towards] creators. I signed a predatory deal when I was 18 and then spent more than a decade fighting to regain rights to my voice and image. When I finally gained my freedom I knew the fight wasn’t over. I want to make sure what happened to me never happens to anyone else again.”

Smash will allow creators to connect, collaborate and retain rights to whatever they create.

Kesha – who will act as CEO - created the platform with CTO Alan Cannistraro, COO Lagan Sebert and a team of music industry and tech veterans.

Its core mission aims to give creators access to the professional community they need to make music without the need to fight for ownership over what they create.