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LA Reid doesn't like Rihanna being tampered with

  • April 12, 2011
  • Brad O'Mance

New US X Factor judge LA Reid has spoken about his sadness at leaving Def Jam and letting 'his' Rihanna be 'tampered' with.

In an interview with MTV, Reid discussed how difficult it's been for him to adjust to life away from Def Jam and his roster of artists, adding that he was par­tic­u­larly sore about the Rihanna/Britney hook-up announced yesterday. "I don't like anybody tampering with my Rihanna," he joked. "Doesn't matter [what the song sounds like]! I didn't do it."

Reid also reit­er­ated that he's joined the judging panel to find "the next gen­er­a­tion of musical talent" and that "you can keep the fame and pop­ular­ity and all the other stuff that comes with it".

Thanks LA.

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