yes, she looks like she needs a shower. and no, we’re not sure when exactly her last rinse-off was. nevertheless, singer/rapper ke$ha has a number one album. her musical debut, animal, is sittin’ pretty on the billboard charts, at 151,942 copies sold. but that’s not what i find most interesting. enter, the dollar sign. the 22-year-old was born kesha, but threw in the $ before her music career took off.

i actually cringe every time i have to include a dollar sign when writing her name, but the story behind it is pretty interesting. remember flo rida’s party anthem ‘right round?’ yeah, that was ke$ha singing the chorus. she lent her vocals to the song, and got jack squat for it even as the song became a hit worldwide.

“[right round] was number one in a bajillion countries and i didn’t have enough money to buy myself a taco,” she lamented. the dollar sign became a thing of irony: “i was broke while being on a number-one record.” well, regardless of how the dollar sign came to be, one thing’s for sure… she ain’t broke now!