The sign is used by members of notorious north-west London gang Crime Scene Boys, also known as the Church Road Soldiers, who have been linked to gun violence and drug dealing.
Tulisa visited the Church End estate in Harlesden, where the gang is based, to shoot a music video.
The promo was being filmed for a new song featuring rapper Nines.
He has pulled the “C” sign in videos of his own and he raps about drug money, guns and violence on his songs.
Tulisa even posed with Nines’ £35,000 gold chain for the cameras.
An eyewitness said: “She was strutting around throwing gang signs and hanging around outside the blocks of flats.
“She was swearing and trying to fit in with the other people who were around her from the estate.
“Making that C sign is what people do when they are a member of the Crime Scene Boys. It’s a real mistake.”
It is also the kind of thing her bosses at ITV, X Factor producers Syco and record label Universal will take seriously.
Tulisa claims she was using the C sign to represent her home borough of Camden and that people turned up to her shoot uninvited.
In a statement last night, she said: “I filmed a street video on Sunday night for a track on my album.
“The video was a collaboration with the rapper Nines. When we were filming on the street loads of other people turned up and joined in the shoot.
“When I was holding my hands in the C sign, this was as a tribute to Camden, my home town and where N-Dubz began.
“I am not aware that this sign has anything to with any street gang and I 100 per cent do not endorse any gang violence in any form.”
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