She even boasted of once being part of a crack cocaine dealing gang, the jury was told.
The ex-N-Dubz singer wrongly thought she was going to be cast in a big movie which would transform her career.
Two days later her friend, the rapper Mike GLC, handed over the drugs intended for "a boys' night out in a strip club, the court heard.
In fact the film producer was newspaper investigative reporter Mazher Mahmood who recorded the drug deal on tape and with TV cameras.
Mike GLC, real name Michael Coombs, has pleaded guilty to supplying 13.9g of the drug worth 800 pounds in the sting at the Dorchester hotel in May last year.
Tulisa, charged under her name Tula Contostavlos and dressed today in a black and white patterned jacket, short black skirt and kitten heels, has pleaded not guilty.
The court heard she had met the reporter posing as film producer Samir Khan in Las Vegas in March 2013.
Beguiled by the big movie talk she promised to throw him a party when he returned to London after the Cannes film festival that May, said prosecutor Timothy Cray.
"It was to be a boys' night out in a strip club. There was also talk about whether cocaine would be available as part of the entertainment," he said at Southwark Crown Court.
"When the topic of drugs was raised she said that she could definitely sort that out."
Not guilty plea: Tulisa arrives at Southwark Crown Court (Picture: Getty)
On a call she refers to cocaine as "white sweets." Said Mr Cray: "In her
drug dealing speak, white sweets equals cocaine, green sweets equals
cannabis."
The following day she texted the bogus Mr Khan saying: "Let me know when you land, so I can sort you out."
She contacted Coombs who went to the Dorchester and handed the drugs to the reporter who had checked himself into the Belgravia suite packed with hidden cameras and bugs.
Mr Cray told jurors: "Although she had not negotiated the price or the amount she had done all she could to make a supply of cocaine happen.
"She believed Samir Khan was a film producer who could get her a big part in a movie that was coming up and it seems she was keen to be in his good books and be friendly with him."
Earlier she had told Khan that "she used cannabis to help her to get to sleep and that she had connections to drug dealers."
Charged: the singer wrongly thought she was going to be cast in a big movie (Picture: Getty)
Mr Cray went on: "She said one of her ex-boyfriends was a major cocaine
dealer and that back in her young days she had been part of a gang that
sold crack cocaine."
The prosecutor also warned the jury to "keep your feet firmly on the ground" in the trial which is expected to last up to three weeks.
"The background is show business, journalism and the world of celebrity," he said.
"Trips to Las Vegas, expensive hotel bars and restaurants in the West End are probably not the sort of life that most people routinely come across.
"Do your best to put all the glitz and publicity to one side and approach the evidence coolly, calmly and with open minds."
Tulisa, 26 of Friern Barnet, has pleaded not guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
The case continues.
The ex-N-Dubz singer wrongly thought she was going to be cast in a big movie which would transform her career.
Two days later her friend, the rapper Mike GLC, handed over the drugs intended for "a boys' night out in a strip club, the court heard.
In fact the film producer was newspaper investigative reporter Mazher Mahmood who recorded the drug deal on tape and with TV cameras.
Mike GLC, real name Michael Coombs, has pleaded guilty to supplying 13.9g of the drug worth 800 pounds in the sting at the Dorchester hotel in May last year.
Tulisa, charged under her name Tula Contostavlos and dressed today in a black and white patterned jacket, short black skirt and kitten heels, has pleaded not guilty.
The court heard she had met the reporter posing as film producer Samir Khan in Las Vegas in March 2013.
Beguiled by the big movie talk she promised to throw him a party when he returned to London after the Cannes film festival that May, said prosecutor Timothy Cray.
"It was to be a boys' night out in a strip club. There was also talk about whether cocaine would be available as part of the entertainment," he said at Southwark Crown Court.
"When the topic of drugs was raised she said that she could definitely sort that out."
Not guilty plea: Tulisa arrives at Southwark Crown Court (Picture: Getty)
On a call she refers to cocaine as "white sweets." Said Mr Cray: "In her
drug dealing speak, white sweets equals cocaine, green sweets equals
cannabis."The following day she texted the bogus Mr Khan saying: "Let me know when you land, so I can sort you out."
She contacted Coombs who went to the Dorchester and handed the drugs to the reporter who had checked himself into the Belgravia suite packed with hidden cameras and bugs.
Mr Cray told jurors: "Although she had not negotiated the price or the amount she had done all she could to make a supply of cocaine happen.
"She believed Samir Khan was a film producer who could get her a big part in a movie that was coming up and it seems she was keen to be in his good books and be friendly with him."
Earlier she had told Khan that "she used cannabis to help her to get to sleep and that she had connections to drug dealers."
Charged: the singer wrongly thought she was going to be cast in a big movie (Picture: Getty)
Mr Cray went on: "She said one of her ex-boyfriends was a major cocaine
dealer and that back in her young days she had been part of a gang that
sold crack cocaine."The prosecutor also warned the jury to "keep your feet firmly on the ground" in the trial which is expected to last up to three weeks.
"The background is show business, journalism and the world of celebrity," he said.
"Trips to Las Vegas, expensive hotel bars and restaurants in the West End are probably not the sort of life that most people routinely come across.
"Do your best to put all the glitz and publicity to one side and approach the evidence coolly, calmly and with open minds."
Tulisa, 26 of Friern Barnet, has pleaded not guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
The case continues.
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