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" will.i.am has reportedly attempted to prevent his duet with Cher Lloyd reaching her forthcoming debut album. The Black Eyed Peas star is said to be &amp;quot;holding back&amp;quot; the already-recorded song in retaliation to his close friend Cheryl Cole&amp;#039;s recent sacking from The X Factor USA.  Lloyd signed to Modest! Management, an affiliate of Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s Syco label, after her appearance on the UK version of the singing contest last year.  Insiders have now told the Sunday Mirror that her connection with Cowell may come back to haunt her, as will.i.am still blames the media mogul for Cole&amp;#039;s stateside troubles.  &amp;quot;Will wanted to sign Cher from the get-go and work on her career,&amp;quot; the source said. &amp;quot;But she signed to Syco affiliate Modest! Management because of what her contract said after the show. So he was miffed to start with. &amp;quot;Now with everything that&amp;#039;s \u00C2\u00ADhappened to Cheryl and the fact he&amp;#039;s managing her too he&amp;#039;s decided to play hardball with Syco. He&amp;#039;s refusing to send the track into them and they just don&amp;#039;t know what&amp;#039;s happening. &amp;quot;The track they made was huge and Cher was counting on it being a single but it all looks like it is going to have to be pulled... will.i.am is just annoyed about what&amp;#039;s happened with Cheryl. It&amp;#039;s very unfair to be making Cher pay for all of what has \u00C2\u00ADhappened.&amp;quot; Lloyd&amp;#039;s debut single &amp;#039;Swagger Jagger&amp;#039; leaked online earlier this week, prompting the 17-year-old to lash out at those &amp;quot;wanted to hurt&amp;quot; her career.  Lloyd recently teased details of a collaboration with Busta Rhymes included on her forthcoming LP, describing the track as &amp;quot;an anthem for my generation&amp;quot;.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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