The Celebrity Truth

Rapper Nelly has taken a song destined for Fergie’s next album, much to the singer’s disappointment, however the pair have come to a mutual decision to share the track, and have collaborated to produce a hit called ‘Party People’.

Fergie had finished the track, which was recorded around the time of her first solo single, ‘London Bridge’, but it was shelved because "everyone thought it was too street", the singer explains.

The song’s producer, Polow Da Don, played the song to Nelly during the recording sessions for his new album, ‘Brass Knuckles’, and the rapper decided to make it his own.

"I kind of reconstructed it a little bit, put some Nelly in it, rearranged it some more, and it came out to be the song you hear today," Nelly told MTV News.

Fergie explains that she holds no resentment about the decision, saying, "Polow played it in the studio for Nelly, and [he] flipped out and turned the song around and made it into a major club banger, brought his energy, and it just became this monster," she says.

"But I can’t hate on it, because it’s good! I like it! I like this version. And all the label heads loved this version. And Nelly called me like, ‘It’s crazy!’"

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