Rob Fusari Sues Lady Gaga For $30 Million

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Rob Fusari Sues Lady Gaga For $30 Million – Rob Fusari, songwriter and music producer, is seeking $30.5 million in a lawsuit against Lady Gaga, claiming he is responsible for making her a superstar.
Fusari says he was kicked to the curb and pushed out of the pop star’s lucrative career after co-writing some of her songs, coming up with her stage name and helping her get a record deal. The producer said Gaga is his protégé and former girlfriend, and she ditched him as her career took off, reports MTV.com.
“All business is personal,” said the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan.
Fusari teamed up with the singer back in March 2006 and said he convinced her to trade in her rock music for dance beats. He had already worked with heavyweights like Will Smith on “Wild, Wild West” and Destiny Child’s “Bootylicious.”
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The pair co-wrote songs, such as “Paparazzi” and “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,” which would appear on her debut album, The Fame. The lawsuit claimed he transformed Stefani Germanotta into Lady Gaga, a name adapted from Queen’s Radio Ga Ga, the lawsuit claimed.
Fusari argues he played a major part in the “Telephone” star’s music career and overall success, including introducing her to a record executive who ultimately guided her to Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records, which released The Fame in 2008. Fusari has a producing credit on the album, but he said he has been denied a 20 percent song-royalties share and 15 percent of merchandising revenue. He acknowledges receiving checks for about $611,000 but said that isn’t his full share.
It is stated in the suit that Lady Gaga and Fusari shared a romantic relationship and then became a business partnership in May 2006 when they created a joint venture called Team Love Child LLC to promote her career.
In a 2009 interview, Lady Gaga told the AP that 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 style. “I always dressed like that before people knew me as Lady Gaga. I was always that way. I stuck out like a sore thumb.”

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