We continue our series THE FAME KILLS at Gaga's late 2000s origin: the NYC club scene. We investigate her initial impact on the music industry and its parallels to other controversial musicians of previous decades.

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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Sources [may cutoff in certain apps]:

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• Lady Gaga, 07/30/07 [BMI]
• Going GaGa, 08/13/07 [WD]
• Going GaGa for Lady Gaga, 10/01/07 [W]
• Glamour is Lady Gaga, 09/18/08 [France 24]
• Lady Gaga Talks About Her Debut Album, The Fame, Writing Her Hit Songs "Just Dance" And "Paparazzi," And How She Started In The Music Business, 10/23/08 [Songwriter Universe]
• No 427: Lady GaGa, 11/10/08 [Guardian]
• Gaga for the Lady, 11/13/08 [Advocate]
• Lady GaGa: Some Like It Pop, 11/18/08 [Seattle Weekly]
• Lady GaGa, 11/19/08. [Straight]
• GaGa Spreads Eagle for Dollars, 12/09/08 [TMZ]
• Slaves to synth, 12/06/08 [Guardian]
• 'I've felt famous my whole life', 01/20/09 [Guardian]