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Lady Gaga’s Ex is Kind Of a Tool

March 19, 2010
Sarah
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Ever hear of Rob Fusari?  No?  Yeah, me either.

He’s some kind of “songwriter” and “music producer” and by that I mean “probably not” but he’s also the ex of Lady Gaga and that gives him an overinflated sense of what I like to call entitlement.  He’s also suing her highness for $30.5 million because he claims that he created Gaga’s image and boasts that he was “instrumental” in writing some of her songs. Indeed, Fusari claims that he was responsible for the stage name “Gaga” and also states that he set her career in motion by introducing her to all of the right people.  Even if he did give her some artistic input for her image, I hardly think that constitutes a thirty-million dollar settlement.  Pathetic.

This is so completely lame and it really irks the shit out of me when has-never-beens try to get stoned off of the stardom-train’s fumes.

I don’t know what you look like, Rob Fusari, and personally, I don’t care, but bitterness does not suit you — or anyone else — very well.

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  • DUDE, CHECK GAGA’S LINER NOTES, Fusari IS in-fucking-deed credited with co-writing, annnnnd, a story about him, I believe Gaga even has said this, sending her a text about her possible stage-name being Lady Gaga has been published EVERYWHERE. EVERY-FUCKING-WHERE. $30.5 million? No, but his credentials are straight.

    • I just saw the interview where she admits he was the one who originated her stage name. According to the article I read over at MTV, he might actually have a really solid case for the royalties thing. He’s only received a 20% commission check from her (no royalties) and according to a prior agreement of theirs, he is owed a 15% share of all merchandising revenue (which he has yet to be paid). He was only able to cash one of the checks he got for commission because the other had something stamped on the back that said if he cashed it in, he gave up the right to receive any future money off of the songs he helped write.

      All of that took one Google search and 5 minutes of reading. I don’t know who this Sarah person, but she’s pissing me off with this lack of fact checking before publishing.

      • Oh, I’m not trying to fight facts… just saying that there’s no need to be so pissy. Unless, of course, you’re on the rag. Perpetually.

      • So I’m a miserable bitch for calling people out on not doing their job properly? Listen, I’m a field engineer. I have several bosses I have to answer to (as well as the clients themselves). If I don’t do my job, I GET FIRED. I have an assistant who basically makes copies and files for me all day. Miserable job, but she knew what she was getting into from the start. The day she no longer does her job properly, I will fire her. And she knows it. As a blogger on a gossip site, Sarah’s job (which she gets paid to do) is to scour the net for gossip and to fact check before posting so that we (the readers) don’t have to. So yeah, it pisses me off that I have to scour the internet myself because Sarah doesn’t know how to use Google. I already stopped reading Perez Hilton because he posted whatever was sent to him without checking credibility. Do I have to stop reading Beat, too?

      • Ooh, boy, a field engineer. Hey, everyone, we have a field engineer in the house! Bow down and suck the shit off of the ground after she walks by!

        Come on, lady. Get a fucking grip on yourself. People ^^ this intense? No one likes them and they die of a heart attack at age 37. Chill the fuck out.

      • @Rafi: I don’t think my job makes me better than anyone else. In fact, you’re the one that seems a little bitter about it. Really bitter actually since you automatically assumed I must be horribly unpopular and 2 seconds away from a heart attack (thanks for the death wish, btw). I posted the correct information because I took out the time to do the research Sarah failed to do and thought other people might want to know the details, since that is what we are all on here for anyway. If you don’t want the truth, then don’t read my posts. Really simple concept.

  • He did help write “Paparazzi”, “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” and “Brown Eyes” which I would say qualifies as some. He was also one of the producers for The Fame. On the UK version of the album, he’s apparently got a couple of more songs he helped write. From what I understand, he’s alleging two things: 1) he has not received the royalties owed to him for his contributions to The Fame and 2) he helped create Lady Gaga’s image including the name.

    I think he deserves royalties for his contributions to The Fame (though I find it hard to believe he hasn’t been considering he did receive writing credit), but beyond that he is delusional.

  • I wouldn’t call Fusari a nobody. A quick scan of his wikipedia page tells me he’s worked with Britney Spears, the Jonas Brothers, Destiny’s Child, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Whitney Houston…These are not exactly nobodies. I think it’s really rude for you to call him a nobody considering he’s a writer. People generally don’t know who the writers are for the majority of the music out there today, unless the writer is the artist themselves. So, no I don’t think it’s completely unreasonable of him to ask for more money and proper credit for his music. I don’t know about $30 mil though. I’m not sure his contribution is worth that much, but a man’s gotta aim high I guess.

  • Gad.. she’s a frightening thing to partner if she’s into dumping her mentors and taking all the credit..

  • Well, I guess we learned a lesson today… Check the facts before you post an entry (when I say “we” I mean, Sarah) :D

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  • Um, to people saying he has cred, yeah, he did get credited on her album, except he already totally got paid. Around $700,000, actually. You know, the Fame came out in mid 2008, and this dude is coming out of the woodwork now? Yeah, looks like he got his check and decided that he wanted more when she hit it big. Pretty pathetic, all things considered. And $30.5 million is an obnoxiously unreal amount.

    • He was paid $600k in commission, actually. He’s now asking for royalties, which are earned through record sales, live performances, film, radio, video, etc. I’d say he either didn’t think the suit was worth it until now or he’s been building a case with his lawyer for a while or he tried to work things out with her first but failed or some combination of all the above. I’m a patent clerk and I’ve seen people get real nasty over royalties. Remember that case with The Verve and the Rolling Stones over “Bittersweet Symphony”? The one that resulted in The Verve getting no royalties because all song writing credits went to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards even though neither one of them wrote a single line in the song? The Stones didn’t care about that song until it became hot either.

      • Mmkay. Didn’t catch the distinction. I still stand by the fact that I think $30 mil is beyond ridiculous.

      • Oh, I completely agree. I’m not entirely sure Lady Gaga even has that much to just hand off so casually.

  • Could everybody please just stop kissing Lady Gaga’s ass already? God is it really a shocker to find out other people helped write her songs? Next we’ll find out she’s got stylists to help create her look. Gasp. The horror. Also, this whole post is just wrong. Jennifer has every right to be pissy. Even I knew who Rob Fusari was and I’m just a college student. FAIL Sarah.

  • Don’t worry, Sarah, 90% of the readers don’t know who the fuck that dude is, either.

    I think people come here JUST to bitch about the bloggers. Who needs gossip when you can point out spelling mistakes and express personal opinion as fact? Keep your head up, sweetie, some of us think you’re a doll.