Grieving Mom: Lady Gaga Stole My Daughter's Ideas

(New York Post) - A grieving mom says her late daughter inspired Lady Gaga on her path to superstardom, and wants the "Poker Face" pop icon to give the tragic teen her due, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Yana Morgana is seeking the rights to release the dozen or so songs her daughter, Lina, recorded with Lady Gaga -- then Stefani Germanotta -- before Lina committed suicide at age 19.

And she wants the "Paparazzi" princess to acknowledge it was Lina Morgana's dark, edgy style that helped create Lady Gaga.

"I'm doing this because I want to keep her spirit alive," Morgana, who is not filing suit, said. "Lady Gaga is holding Lina's soul, and I want her soul to be free."

The pair were introduced by a music producer in early 2007, in the hope Germanotta's songwriting and Lina Morgana's singing would generate hits.

"Every other word she says is from Lina," Morgana said. "She talks about having a dark and tragic life, but she had everything she wanted in the world. She went to [the same] high school as Nicky Hilton, her parents were rich. But Lina did have a tough life, and she often talked about her tragic life."

Within a year of their collaboration, Lina jumped to her death from the roof of a 10-story hotel on Staten Island. About a month after the October 2008 suicide, Germanotta became Lady Gaga, took the music industry by storm and spawned an army of fans she dubbed her "little monsters."

Morgana is not the only person who noticed the similarities.

Tyler Schwab, Lina's ex-boyfriend, said he was stunned the first time he saw a Gaga video.

"It was the same style, the same look, the same music, the same voice, the same jaw line -- the way they expressed themselves," said Schwab. "And I was like, 'Is that Lina?' It was so, so shocking. It was like looking at a ghost."

Source: The New York Post