The front cover uses an aggressive image of Lil Wayne with clenched fists to represent his status as the most talented hip-hop artist at that time and appeal to fans of the genre. "Big Poppa" is highlighted in red capital letters to stand out and attract readers interested in that well-known hip-hop figure. The cover aims to present the magazine as up-to-date and appealing to its target hip-hop audience through the prominent images and names of popular artists like Lil Wayne.

1. Radial analysis The personal pronoun ‘we’ll’ used
The mode of address for this here creates a friendly mode of
front cover is aggressive. This is address, giving off a sense of
created through the direct eye community.
contact and clenched fists of the
main feature on the page.
‘Big Poppa’ is highlighted in red,
and is in large capital letters,
making it stand-out. This is a well
The phrase ‘I am hip-hop’ which recognised name in the hip-hop
is on the top of Lil Wayne industry, and therefore would
represents him as being the most interest the target audience as this
talented artist in this genre of would be what they want to read
music at this present time. This about. The chosen font and colour
represents the magazine as being used puts more focus on ‘Big
up to date and as having the most Poppa’s’ name from the rest of the
appealing content which would copy, enhancing its visibility to the
appeal to its target audience. audience, as this would be a strong
Also, Lil Wayne is a very popular attraction to the reader.
and well-known person; therefore
the image of him on the front
page would help increase the
magazines status. This image represents Lil Wayne as
being tough and aggressive, as he has
both fists clenched. This appeals to the
target audience of the magazine as the
genre of hip-hop often has content of
violence in it, therefore this is the type
of personality that they would be
interested in.