Lady Gaga and her longtime manager Troy Carter are no longer working together, The Hollywood Reporter reported. The news came some 24 hours after the pop star openly wept* through a performance of new song “Dope” at the YouTube Music Awards.

    Carter was initially recruited in 2007 to represent Gaga by Vincent Herbert, who handled her A&R (artist and repertoire) at Streamline Records, and continues to work with the singer today. “She was very specific about her vision, all of the music was there, and all she needed was someone to help her translate it to the rest of the world, which is where I came in,” Carter said of that first meeting in an interview earlier this year.

    An in-demand* speaker on the tech and music industry conference circuit, Carter would often describe their relationship as a simple matter of balancing creative and business decisions: She makes 95 percent of the creative calls, while he handles 5 percent; he makes 95 percent of the business decisions, and she 5.

    According to a source, “creative differences” ultimately led to the break, while another insider tells THR that Carter, while sad, feels “liberated” to be relieved from duty.(SD-Agencies)