will.i.am: 'Producers didn't want Tulisa to have Scream & Shout'

Published Dec 17 2012, 11:49 GMT  |  By Lewis Corner

will.i.am has admitted that Tulisa Contostavlos did record his latest single first.

The N-Dubz star was allegedly planning to release 'Scream & Shout' as her third single, before the rapper took the song and re-recorded it with Britney Spears.



"She [Tulisa] wrote to that song ['Scream & Shout'] before I did - this is the truth," will.i.am told MTV.

"But the producers of the beat - two brothers from Belgium called Lazy Jay - didn't want her to have it, so I wrote to it and Britney is the only person I ever had in mind."

According to The Sun, a source revealed that Contostavlos considered releasing her own version of the track to rival will.i.am and Spears.

"At one point Tulisa was even considering releasing her version to rival 'Scream & Shout', but now it's unlikely to see the light of day unless it gets leaked," they said.

Watch the music video for will.i.am and Britney Spears's 'Scream & Shout' below: