For his first post, West, 39, kept things simple with a screenshot from a scene from 1990 film "Total Recall", which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The rapper had already amassed 431,000 followers, with more than 21,000 comments on his post.
Though West is a newcomer to Instagram, he has frequently made headlines with his Twitter account, where he posted some epic rants and apologies.
Kim and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan have yet to publicly welcome West to the social media platform.