Lady Gaga Settles Lawsuit With Ex Producer-Boyfriend

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 10th 2010 05:10PM

Lady Gaga has decided to remove the 'poker face' and make nice with her former boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari. The New York Post reports Lady Gaga came to agreement with Fusari over a $30 million lawsuit against her in which he claimed he deserved compensation for co-writing some songs and coming up with the name "Lady Gaga."

Terms of the deal were not mentioned, and neither party has spoken to the press for comment.

Fusari filed the lawsuit back in March, and then coldly stated, "All business is personal."

Fusari had credits on such hits as Will Smith's 'Wild, Wild West' and Destiny's Child's 'Bootylicious' when a friend steered the piano-playing singer -- then known by her real name, Stefani Germanotta -- to him in March 2006, according to his lawsuit.

Though he initially dismissed her, he realized she had star potential after hearing her play in his Parsippany, N.J., studio, the suit said. He spent the next several months working with her every day and "radically reshaping her approach," persuading her to drop rock riffs for dance beats, it said.

As they co-wrote songs such as 'Paparazzi' and 'Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,' which would appear on her debut album, 'The Fame,' he transformed Germanotta into Lady Gaga, a name adapted from Queen's 'Radio Ga Ga,' the lawsuit said.

In a 2009 interview with the AP, Lady Gaga said her "realization of Gaga was five years ago, but Gaga's always been who I am."

"I was Gaga from the time that I was 19 through my first record deal," the 23-year-old said of her over-the-top, avant-garde style, which has captured the imaginations of millions of fans. "I always dressed like that before people knew me as Lady Gaga. I was always that way ... I stuck out like a sore thumb."

According to the lawsuit, Lady Gaga and Fusari's relationship turned romantic and then became a business partnership in May 2006, when they created a joint venture called Team Love Child LLC to promote her career. Fusari's share was 20 percent, it said.

Fusari -- whose account of his role in the multiplatinum-selling artist's early career has been told in interviews -- says he introduced Lady Gaga to a record executive who ultimately shepherded her to Universal Music Group's Interscope Records, which released 'The Fame' in 2008. The album has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States; Fusari has a producing credit.

But the lawsuit says their personal and business relationship had soured by then and he has been denied a 20 percent share of song royalties, 15 percent of merchandising revenue and other money he's owed. He acknowledges getting checks for about $611,000, but says that isn't his full share.

Lady Gaga won two Grammys in January: best dance recording, for 'Poker Face,' and best electronic/dance album, for 'The Fame

Tags: Lady Gaga, Rob Fusari

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Friday 10 September

By bsti

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She looks like a Sal Bug! Not very attractive, it's no wonder she wears those god awful disguises.

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By loveyouhotmiley

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Even though I like some of her music, it just shows she isn't all original, but was a partially created concept. No different than the Disney stars, Justin Beiber, or Katy Perry. Everybody seems to need a gimmick these days.

By captain.claudius

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Gaga was shocking and fresh for a while and then I stopped caring and now I still don't care. Blame my 30 second attention span or whatever but this really doesn't mean much to me.

By Debbie

So far I have not heard any songs from here that I love. Her style is ripped from Cher. People like this get famous because no one is going after the real talent. And then they wonder why we dont buy their music. It sucks! I dont even play the radio anymore. EEECH!

By Nico Toscani

Nice pic of GaGa. It looks like she's about to bite somebodies weenie off.

By DJ

You mean she actually has
an "ex?!?!?" - HA!!!

By JSmith

It figures she had to have some help making up her "personna" and I am equally shocked that she had an ex. That girl is untalented and homely.

By lauren

shes a marilyn manson rip off!!! everything she is doing he has done it before!!!

By Dal

Lady Caca would be a more befitting name for that scag. If it looks like s***, smells like s***, it's s***.

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

She's just a Madonna copycat, she doesn't have style. And her name? backwards it spells "a gag", like a joke.

Sunday 12 September

You forgot to mention she's pug ugly.

Saturday 11 September

By mj

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wow people, please stop being haters. I'm not the gaga for Gaga either but yall need to chill out

By Nyah

Yeah, she's not original. Her ex-boyfriend came up with her image and name, and she didn't want to give him any credit. I don't find her very talented anyway.

Thursday 04 November

By Malea

All he wants is Her MONEY
LADY GAGA WRITES ALL HER SONGSS SO PEOPEL STOP BEIN HARTERS
AND HER FRIENDS GAVE HER THE NAME LADY GAGA NOT JUST HER EX BOYFRIEND
SO GET YO NECK

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