<p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dbab970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Early Lady Gaga" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dbab970b" src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dbab970b-500wi.jpg" style="width: 470px;" title="Early Lady Gaga" /></a> <br />Take a look at <strong>Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta</strong> or should we say <strong>Lady Gaga</strong> in her earlier years. MTV&#39;s <em>The Seven</em> interviewed Gaga&#39;s former manager and lover <strong>Rob Fusari</strong> to discuss how Gaga rose to fame. He says, &quot;She&#39;s the most driven artist I&#39;ve ever worked with.&quot;</p> <p><strong>Wendy Starland</strong> on transforming Gaga: “I knew that if we changed the name, image, and songs that we might have something. We knew we needed to create something that would stand out and have a more theatrical type of appearance. We looked to Queen and Freddy Mercury and the song Radio Gaga for inspiration.” See more of <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/lady_gaga" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a> on the next page.&#0160; </p>  <!--more-->   <p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dc1e970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Lady Gaga" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dc1e970b" src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330147e1f4dc1e970b-500wi.jpg" style="width: 470px;" title="Lady Gaga" /></a> <br /><br /></p> <p><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="." flashvars="configParams=vid%3D583395%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A583395" height="319" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:583395" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" /></p> 