2. Hip-Hop
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The sub-genre that I have chosen to base my magazine on is going to be Hip-Hop. I chose this sub-genre because millions of
people listen to different hip-hop music artists which therefore makes it a well known type of music all around the world.
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There are lots of music magazines that focus on my chosen sub-genre, some of these music magazines are:
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XXL
Vibe
The Source
Billboard

3. XXL Music Magazine
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XXL is a music magazine that focuses mainly on hip-hop and hip-hop artists. This is clearly shown on the front cover of their
magazines because on each issue that they publish, there is an image of a famous hip-hop artist who is well known all over
the world.
XXL links with my chosen sub-genre because it focuses on hip-hop music, hip-hop artists and other information that is linked
with the sub-genre, for example, album views or interviews with artists, etc.
The company that publishes XXL Music Magazines is Harris Publications Inc. XXL is one of the four different music magazines
that are published by Harris Publications Inc.
This publisher might be a suitable publisher for my final magazine because they are firstly publishing are very famous hiphop music magazine which has been established for 16 years which means that they will have lots of knowledge on how to
publish a hip-hop magazine successfully. The next reason why they might be a suitable publisher for my final magazine is
because they produce over 75 different titles, four of them are music magazines, therefore this means that they will have
lots of experience and knowledge on publishing a good magazine and making sure that everything is included in the
magazine which will help to attract a potential target audience.

5. Ideas
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Possible names for my music magazine:
Velocity
Massacre
Scheme
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Possible musical genres and ideas for articles:
Top 100 Hip-Hop songs produced
Greatest Hip-Hop artists ever
Interviews
Songs/Album reviews
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Most of the possible ideas for articles to add on my music magazine that I have came up with are quite similar to the kinds
of articles that I found on XXL Music Magazines. I decided to do this because XXL is a music magazine that is based around
hip-hop and the magazine that I am going to publish is going to be based around the theme of hip-hop as well.

6. Final Choices
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The name that I chose to use for my music magazine is going to be Massacre. I chose this name because it sounds very
aggressive and sounds quite like a hip-hop word. Also another reason why I chose this word to be the title of my magazine is
because I should be able to base it around some of the stuff that I am going to add onto my music magazine.
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The final article ideas that I am going to use on my music magazine are going to be Songs/Album Reviews and Top 100 HipHop Songs Produced. I chose these article ideas because they link in with the sub-genre that I have chosen to base my music
magazine on and also I chose them because I will be able to use them somewhere on my front cover, contents page and
double page spread of my music magazine.
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Even though these are my final choices that I have chosen so far, I might change them some time in the future, maybe
during the making process of my music magazine because the main aim is for me to make my music magazine look as
professional as possible.
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The changes that I might make some time in the future to my final choices might be the ideas I had for my article. I might
decide to change these because I want everything on my music magazine to look new and professional.

8. Bands/Artists Associated With Hip-Hop
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The artists that I have chosen which are associated with hip-hop are going to be 50 Cent, The Game, Lloyd Banks, Rick Ross
& Tyga.
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I chose these artists because they are all firstly linked with hip-hop music and all of these artists have produced hip-hop
music which is good because it means that I can feature them in my magazine.
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The artists that are associated with hip-hop music that I am using will be added to the front cover of my magazine. I will add
the names of the artists somewhere on the side of the front cover in a ‘Cover Line’ format.
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Something like this.