Nope, Lady Gaga was originally signed to Def Jam when Gaga was 19 years old; it happened after the record executive L. A. Reid heard of her singing down the hallway from his office.However Lady Gaga states Reid never met with her. "I used to wait outside his office for hours, hoping he'd take meetings with me about my songs, but it never happened." Reid dropped Gaga from the label after 3 months.