Kanye West has teeth removed and replaced with $1.3m titanium teeth

The rapper has showed off his drastic image overhaul, undergoing a bizarre dental procedure that’s cost him $1.3 million.

Kanye West has reportedly had his teeth removed.

Kanye West is trading rap for heavy metal.

The 46-year-old rapper turned heads when he took to his Instagram Story Wednesday to show off what appears to be new metallic teeth, which the Daily Mail is reporting to be worth a hefty $1.3 million (US$850,000).

Kanye West has seemingly had his teeth removed and replaced with titanium ones.

West showed off the $1.3m teeth on social media.

In a second post, West compared his new look to the James Bond villain, Jaws, who had a mouth of metal. The villain appeared in 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me and 1979’s Moonraker.

On his Instagram Story, West compared his new look to Jaws from the “007” franchise.

The Daily Mail initially reported West’s teeth were fully removed to allow for the titanium replacements.

That’s since been denied by the man who helped West achieve the look, Dr. Thomas Connelly, who told Complex, “He did not have his teeth removed. He still has a full dentition.”

A source told the website West had a ‘fixed prosthodontics’ procedure, in which a doctor fixes titanium onto existing teeth.

“Ye was a pleasure to work with every step of the process,” Connelly added.

“His vision for designing unique art transcends the dental progression.

“The marriage of his vision with dental science has created a new look that is epic.”

West has recently returned to Instagram after a months-long hiatus, pictured here with wife Bianca Censori.

While West and Connelly seem proud of their work, fans took to social media to troll the Grammy winner for his unconventional dental work.

“He is still an idiot, more money than brains!!! Get Help Man!” one X user slammed.

“No way Kanye West went through with that. Look like he wrapped his teeth with gum wrapper,” a second added.

A third person wrote, “this can’t be real …”

West’s titanium creation isn’t the first time he has designed his own teeth.

In 2010, he claimed on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he had his bottom teeth taken out and replaced with diamonds.

West on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010 sporting diamond teeth.

“I just thought that diamonds were cooler. It’s certain stuff that rock stars are supposed to do,” he explained.

He admitted, however, that he had to visit the dentist frequently to maintain his chompers.

He later told Vanity Fair he removed his teeth instead of opting for a grill because he “didn’t feel like having to take them out all the time.”

West isn’t the only one in his family with an affinity for shimmering teeth.

Last June, his eight-year-old son, Saint, showed off his teeth decorated with metallic Louis Vuitton logos on social media.

His ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, also previously rocked an opal and diamond grill.

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission