TMZ posts video of the former Beatle asking “How VIP do I gotta get?” after being turned away from the rapper Tyga’s post-Grammys party

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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.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest 25 seconds in, Paul McCartney jokes: ‘How VIP do we gotta get?’

In the video, obtained by TMZ, McCartney, Beck and the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins attempted to enter via a back door to a post-Grammys party outside the Argyle, in Hollywood, but the group were refused entry.



Tyga 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.”

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.