It may be the moment when rap officially usurped rock as the most powerful force in music. Paul McCartney, co-founder of the Beatles and the man behind the Skype Love Moji sound effects, was reportedly denied entry to a Grammy after party hosted by the rapper Tyga.
Footage of the snub was caught by paparazzi – McCartney is captured on video joking: “How VIP do we gotta get? We need another hit.”Tyga, however, says McCartney simply turned up at the wrong party, and he didn’t know McCartney was there.
Tyga also says he didn’t know the Beatles musician was at the Argyle, and wrote on Twitter: “Why would I deny @PaulMcCartney? He’s a legend. I don’t control the door. I had no knowledge SIR PAUL was there. I just performed and left.”
There are few things more hilariously entertaining than witnessing a C-List 'celebrity' losing the plot and demanding "Do you known who I am?" to bemused security staff when being refused admission to a club, venue or restaurant that they feel entitled to enter. But sometimes, just sometimes, you can't help feeling a twinge of sympathy for the rich and famous as it slowly dawns upon them that their lofty social status means sweet fuck all when they're confronted by people who genuinely have no idea who these people are.
It is believed that McCartney, Beck and Hawkins were instead meant to be at Hyde Sunset Kitchen & Cocktail, where Mark Ronson was hosting a party for Republic Records.
