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Kanye West joins Instagram, posts ‘Total Recall’ photo

What a time to be alive.

 

April Siese

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Posted on Sep 18, 2016   Updated on May 25, 2021, 11:45 pm CDT

Yeezus has landed on Instagram. Despite tweeting earlier this week that he’s without a phone for the sake of inspiration, Kanye West somehow made his way onto the photo-sharing app.

The few times West has addressed his lack of Instagram presence (on Twitter, of course) have been to debunk a faux account, explain why he’d need to be there on his terms, and tell its users to post pro-Kanye shit in order to attract the eyes of Mark Zuckerberg, who definitely wants to give the rapper shitloads of money.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/398730593728331776

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/699107076052815872

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/709408385163268097

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/709408940908486657

Perhaps West once took umbrage with Instagram’s censorship but found out about some cool workarounds. Maybe he’s just happy the company unveiled more filtering options and ways to combat harassment. We may never know whatever it took to get the “Famous” singer on there.

But, well, here he is, posting a photo from Total Recall featuring a dated-as-hell car and some brutalist architecture.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKgI6Wjg5uq/

There, there. Don’t ask questions. Kanye could pull the plug on Instagram at any minute if you think too long about his art. After all, it’s Kanye’s feed. We’re just scrolling through it.

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*First Published: Sep 18, 2016, 3:35 pm CDT