This document summarizes the ways in which the author's media product uses and develops conventions of real hip hop magazines. The author researched magazines like The Source, XXL, and NME to analyze their layouts. For the front cover, the author copied the layout from XXL magazine and included social media links. For the contents page, the author took inspiration from XXL's layout of images on the left and text on the right. For the double page spread, the author included an interview like those found in other magazines and used similar layouts and design elements. Overall, the author developed their magazine by improving on conventions from real magazines to make their product more authentic.