Instagram Flexin': Nicki Minaj & Her Thong Trend Worldwide

by DX Staff

                               

This week, Nicki Minaj's thong causes worldwide IG thirst, DJ Khaled loses his pants and Carmelo Anthony helps Fat Joe erase some bad memories from The Rucker.

According to a familiar cliché, a picture is worth a thousand words. Your favorite celebrities—including rappers—are doing less and less press, but luckily their thumbs and smartphones still work. Instagram has provided a way for them to document their lives and/or thoroughly embarrass themselves for our collective enjoyment. The beauty of it all is that you don’t even need to join Instagram, as most rappers are perfectly fine leaving their feeds open for public viewing. And if you’d rather avoid the IG life altogether, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s pictures and videos and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.

This week, Nicki Minaj shut down Instagram by flexing her considerable assets for the cover artwork of her new single, “Anaconda” and Murs joined the festivities at Comic-Con 2014 in his Adventure Time leggings. Check the rest of the week’s top Instagram posts below.

Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” Artwork (And Memes) Dominate Instagram

How do you get Nicki Minaj and the phrase #Anaconda to begin trending on social media in far flung places like Qatar? When Nicki Minaj donned a g-string and matching Air Jordans for the cover art of her single “Anaconda,” Instagram showed its collective thirst. And then the memes came. Drake’s faced imposed over Nicki’s ass? Check. Nicki’s hindquarters replacing the two O’s in the default Google searchbar? Yessir. Nicki had some fun with it before blasting outlets she felt promoted a double standard of beauty. Aside from the thousands of teenage boys out there with sprained wrists operating their laptops and phones with one hand, chalk it up to a net positive. Plus anytime Nicki takes to IG and shouts out on some DX content, it’s always a good week