If this is true (which I doubt it is) then it’s a real shame. I really doubt it is though. Joe has always been portrayed in a very positive light and, at least in press, has appeared to behave like you’d expect a parent to when your kid abandons college, starts doing drugs, decides she wants to be a superstar, etc. etc.

Not only that but her manager, Troy Carter, has been suggesting that they should give it away for free.

Now I understand that most of the music is pirated anyway but they better have a very good strategic reasoning behind doing this. The artists that get away with doing this have been around for decades, needless to say Gaga hasn’t, and I’m pretty sure that once you offer a new album for free you can’t go back to charging anyone so they better have a secret revenue stream (and no touring doesn’t count).

Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga have professed their interest in following the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Justin Timberlake and become some solid angel investors. Ok, so they didn’t say this, Troy Carter (Gaga’s manager) and Scooter Braun (Bieber’s manager) did but still…