Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Germanotta, and she wasn’t always so GaGa.
The image above is Stefani at age 18, she is just like any other girl, having fun with her friends.
And, in fact, she began learning her trade at an exclusive Catholic girls’ school, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City.
Below, she is pictured as a fresh-faced little girl and sitting shyly by her piano – a far cry from the steamy image that has made her a pop icon.
After leaving the catholic school she started at New York University, on a music course. But soon dropped out.
She then worked as a stripper as she tried to launch her pop career. “I was working in strip clubs at 18. Girls from my background weren’t meant to turn into someone like me. I come from a wealthy Italian family, went to a good school.”
For a short while, she was signed by top label Def Jam Recordings. But it didn’t work out.
GaGa has admitted hitting rock bottom, spending nights taking cocaine alone in her New York flat. But she was saved by her father – and her ruthless ambition to make it in showbusiness.
She started to work with producer Rob Fusari, and he made the Queen track Radio Ga Ga her theme tune, and that way Lady GaGa was born.
Lady GaGa at Glastonbury Festival 2009, the steamy image we are more used to see.
Source: The Sun
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