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The Independent UK
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Chris Mandle

Jay Z quits Instagram after 24 hours and people are confused

JAY Z (Getty)
pa href=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/did-jay-z-and-beyonc-quietly-pay-tens-of-thousands-in-bail-bonds-for-protestors-jailed-in-baltimore-and-ferguson-10258789.htmlJay Z/a excited and disappointed his fans in unusually rapid succession this weekend after signing up to Instagram, posting one picture then quitting./p pThe rapper, posting as @Hovsince96, accumulated 100,000 followers in less than 24 hours. His only update was a birthday message to the late Michael Jackson, who would have turned 57 over the weekend./p pHappy birthday to the King! he wrote, adding ominously: This may be my first and last post./p pAnd he was right./pp /p pMusic executive Michael Kyser, who is a close friend of Jay Z, posted rare footage of Jay Z on Instagram to his own account, urging people to follow him while they still had time./pp /p pblockquote class=instagram-media data-instgrm-version=4 style= background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);div style=padding:8px; div style= background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%; div style= background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;/div/divp style= color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;a href=https://instagram.com/p/6_N6dYJdgK/ style= color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; target=_topA photo posted by G (@littleburger)/a on time datetime=2015-08-30T00:41:37+00:00 style= font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;Aug 29, 2015 at 5:41pm PDT/time/p/div/blockquote script src=//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js/scriptpSo why did Jay Z delete his account? There are a few theories./p/p pMaybe he knew it would be impossible to get 44.4 million followers like his wife, Beyonce./ppOr maybe he tried editing the filter on his photo and deleted it by accident./pp a class=escenic-gallery href=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/people-news-in-pictures-9302758.html id=9302758 People News In Pictures /a  /p pOr, the most likely theory, maybe in his short time on Instagram he got sick of people taking photos of avocado and toast and using the hashtag #eatcleantraindirty. /ppThat would annoy anyone./p
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