London
(ANI):
Rapper
Jay-Z
is
said
to
have
been
caught
in
a
race
row
after
bouncers
at
his
BRITs
after-show
party
''banned''
white
people
from
boozing
with
him.
Jay-Z,
40,
had
thrown
a
lavish
bash
at
club
Merah,
in
Oxford
Circus,
central
London,
but
music
industry
executives,
journalists
and
revellers
were
turned
away
from
the
roped-off
area,
as
they
were
not
"of
colour".
The
party,
put
on
by
the
Collective
Entertainment
Group,
is
said
to
have
upset
many
with
their
bizarre
rulings,
including
top
black
celebrities.
"The
security
guards
were
happy
to
let
in
all
party-goers
apart
from
the
white
people," the
Daily
Star
quoted
one
clubber
as
saying.
"Girls
were
being
pushed
from
pillar
to
post
and
shouting
at
each
other,
yet
the
security
bulldogs
paid
no
attention,
despite
scenes
of
violence
right
under
their
noses,"
the
clubber
revealed.
JLS
hunk
Oritse
Williams
and
Strictly
Come
Dancing
judge
Alesha
Dixon,
31,
stormed
out.
"My
friends
have
been
getting
knocked
about
and
no-one
seems
to
care,"
Dixon
had
said
at
the
party.
"I
need
to
get
out
of
here.
I''d
rather
be
at
my
local
kebab
shop
Elsie''s
right
now
than
back
inside
with
all
that
aggro.
"What
a
horrible
end
to
the
night.
I
was
having
a
blast
at
my
record
label
party
and
now
the
mood
is
soured.
I
wish
I'd
never
come,"
she
added.
Jay-Z
was
completely
unaware
of
the
situation
after
having
a
custom-built
table
laid
on
for
him
in
a
private
corner,
with
bottles
of
his
Armand
de
Brignac
champagne,
which
cost
700
pounds
each,
being
delivered
by
scantily-clad
waitresses.
"This
place
is
doing
my
head
in
so
I
need
to
get
in
my
car
and
go
home,"
JLS''s
Oritse,
23,
said.
"I've
had
enough
of
everyone
getting
in
our
faces,
the
vibe
is
not
cool,"
he
fumed.
Jay-Z
was
unaware
that
the
party
had
ended
on
a
sour
note,
but
a
friend
said
he
would
not
have
approved
of
the
rulings.
"He
would
not
have
been
happy
by
the
actions
of
those
on
the
night,"
the
friend
stated.
A
spokesman
for
the
Collective
Entertainment
Group
said
they
were
not
responsible
for
the
security,
and
a
spokeswoman
for
the
American
star
said
his
security
was
not
involved.
Merah's
PR
representative
said
the
owners
were
unaware
of
any
problems
and
shocked
to
hear
of
the
situation.