Tulisa Contostavlos to sue Will.I.Am over song

Singer Tulisa Contostavlos is reportedly taking legal action against Black Eyed Peas star Will.I.Am over his hit song 'Scream & Shout'. Contostavlos claims that she was not given songwriting credit on the track, and she is suing for royalties and songwriting credit, reported Sun online. Contostavlos, who is a founding member of the hip-hop trio N-Dubz, was allegedly furious that Will.I.Am decided to do another version of 'Scream & Shout' with Britney Spears. Contostavlos (who goes by the one-word stage name Tulisa) originally recorded the song, which was at first titled 'I Don't Give a...'. She co-wrote the song with Will.I.Am's close business associate Jean Baptiste. The song was intended to be on Contostavlos' first solo album, The Female Boss. Some initial, never-released copies of the album had the song on it. However, Will.I.Am decided that he wanted the song for his fourth solo album, "#willpower," so he rewrote parts of it, recorded it as a solo artist, and had Spears as a featured singer on the song, which was renamed 'Scream & Shout' and released in November 2012. "Tulisa is still fuming with Will for taking the song off her. The fact the song blew up only makes it worse. She is well within her right to claim some of the publishing money. If she proves the words are hers, she could get a huge pay-out," a source said. "Spears heard Contostavlos' original vocals on the song, and that is why Spears has a fake British accent on 'Scream & Shout'," the source said. 'Scream & Shout' has been a No 1 hit in several countries, including the UK and in the US, the song peaked at No 3 and has sold 1 million copies.