Jay Z joins Instagram, then quits after 24 hours following Michael Jackson

Posting a snapshot of the pair shaking hands & hugging, the 99 Issues show star stated: “Happy Birthday to the King!”

But Jay Z’s Instagram experiment appeared to last for only a brief 14 hours.

The rap legend has already amassed more than 85,000 followers on Instagram.

Jay Z has a minimal social media presence, tweeting less than 250 times on Twitter over seven years.

Rapper Jay Z was famous for not having an Instagram account.

In the photo Jay Z is seen posing alongside Michael Jackson who would have celebrated his 57th birthday Saturday.

People must not have flocked soon enough because when the sun came up on Sunday morning, Hov had had a change of heart.

Last night, Hova finally got hip to the ‘Gram creating the account HovSince96. Going beyond simply leaving the account inactive, Jay Z seemingly deactivated the account altogether, in what is typical social media behavior for him. The rapper also made headlines recently as a surprise guest at J Cole’s concert.