United Kingdom, May 18 -- Akon said Lady Gaga had "the glow" of a superstar when he first discovered her.

The 53-year-old singer could instinctively sense that 40-year-old Gaga - real name Stefani Germanotta - would become a pop megastar before he helped sign her to a joint deal with Interscope Records and his KonLive Distribution in 2007.

Akon - real name Aliaune Thiam - appeared on Monday's (18.05.26's) edition of Capital XTRA Breakfast with Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie, where the latter asked the Don't Matter hitmaker for whom the glow is evident.

Akon replied: "Oh, Gaga. For sure. She had the glow immediately. Like, it was one of them things."

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