For the last few years Kesha has made headlines, but sadly, for unfortunate reasons. She has been involved in a lawsuit, with her producer Dr. Luke, over supposed abuse of all sorts.

Kesha filed a lawsuit in October of 2014, claiming that Dr. Luke had sexually, physically, emotionally and mentally abused her, over their ten year relationship, to a point of which she almost died. She claimed that he was doing this so that he was able to maintain control over her entire life and career. The goal of filing for Kesha was to get out of her contract with Dr. Luke to enable her to work with other labels due to the trauma that she would have to relive while working with the producer.

When Kesha did this Dr. Luke retaliated by suing her for false claims.

When the case was brought to court, Kesha was refused an injunction, meaning that she was not allowed to work wth other labels or publishing companies on her music during the time span of the trial proceeding. With each amended lawsuit, the court keeps shutting her and her team down.

In the most recent decision in March of 2017, Kesha was once again shot down, in regards to her amended lawsuit stating that Dr. Luke owed her royalties and that the seven year rule should be applicable. The seven year rule states that music contracts can end within seven years of execution, within the state of California.

Now something that I was angry about was the fact that Sony was not stepping in and helping Kesha, but it was because contractually they had no right too. Dr. Luke was signed to Sony though Kemosabe Records and Kesha was then signed to Dr. Luke. From a contract standpoint Kesha was not their client so they were unable to intervene.

When the ruling came out her fans and fellow musicians showed great support: Taylor Swift donated $250,000 and Demi Lovato, Lady Gaga, and Kelly Clarkson, as well as many more, took to social media to show their support.

Ever since then no new information has surfaced about the decision, which was why I was shocked on July 6th when Kesha's new song "Praying" was climbing the charts. I was incredibly happy to have new and meaningful music at my feet, but I was confused as to how it was all possible. I was fortunate enough to see Kesha's performance at Firefly at the beginning of July. She was only allowed to play her old hits, changing the arrangement of the instrumentation here and there. She said that new music was on its way, but I had no idea would be so soon.

Kesha is no longer working with Dr. Luke due to the fact that his contract with Sony was not renewed in March when it expired. He also is no longer the CEO of Kemosabe Records. Kesha's music is still coming through that label, but thankfully its all without any help from him.