His Childhood and education

His father, Joseph Germanotta, is an Internet entrepreneur, and his mother, Cynthia Bissett, works as a telecommunications assistant.Having learned to play the piano for four years, Stefani wrote his first ballad at thirteen and began to participate in open mic nights at fourteen. At the age of eleven, Stefani joined the private Catholic school called Sacred Heart Convent, located in Manhattan.However, the singer said he does not come from a wealthy family despite having gone to private school.Gaga said in an interview that during high school she was "very studious, dedicated and disciplined but it was very unsafe".With seventeen years, resulted in premature entry into the Tisch School of Arts at the University of New York. He studied music and improved his skills as a composer to compose essays and analysis of subjects such as art, religion, social issues and the política.4 29 In the second semester of their sophomore year, Stefani left school to begin her career musical.30 Gaga's father agreed to pay the rent for an apartment for a year with the condition that if it failed would have to re-enroll in art school.






2005-2007: Early career
GaGa in the first contract signed with Def Jam when he was 19, after the record executive LA Reid hear his voice in their own executions. But Reid says GaGa never met her:"I was waiting outside his office for a few hours, hoping that the meetings take with me on my singing, but never happened."After three months, resigned GaGa Reid of the label, the main reason for neglect.
Returning years later, being discovered by the executive Vincent Herbert and finally signing with Interscope in January 2008.Impressed by her musical ear and his ability to compose was hired as composer by Akon's Konvict label, who would be the boost later in his career, and was also involved in the compositions from other artists such as Fergie, Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block. Stefani, also aroused the interest of the president of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine, who made the label to be associated with singer-songwriter Akon.

His name "Lady GaGa" according to an interview with Ron Slomowicz, emerged as a reference to the song "Radio Ga Ga" by English rock band Queen, the singer did not much like what his name legally changed it , and had his parents and everyone called Lady GaGa.