The document analyzes the cover of a hip hop magazine. It notes several design elements that signify the magazine's focus on hip hop culture, including the masthead in bold white font at the top left, a color scheme of red, white, and black, and cover lines and images featuring prominent hip hop artists like Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar. Other signifiers include a microphone graphic, references to black history and culture, and tattoos and clothing worn by the artist on the main cover image that originate from hip hop's roots in Los Angeles.

1. The masthead - bold and white which shows its importance. The audience can tell
this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size then the rest of the text on the
front cover. It is based on the left corner on the front cover.
The overall colour .
scheme consists of
three colours red white and black these
colours signify the hip-hop genre as those
colours associate with the hip hop genre
Headline – its black and bold which tells the
audience that this is the content that’s going to be in
the magazine the audience can tell the headline is
associated with the hip-hop genre as it has a hip-hop
artist a Dr DRE bringing Kendrick Lamar to the scene
after snoop dogg and Eminem who are hip hop
heavyweights as its headline which shows it’s an hip-
Hop music magazine.
The main image has two people who are heavily
involved with the hip hop genre DR DRE and his
prodigy Kendrick Lamar in the this photo we see
both people centrally framed while Kendrick Lamar
is sitting down while DR DRE is standing up behind
him which gives off a sense that he is looking over
Kendrick Lamar which brings in the hip hop genre
where many artists of today are prodigies and they
have mentors looking over them also there are
signifiers in this picture which are associated with
this genre such as jewellery.
Barcode- this is used so
magazine retailers know
who bought the magazine
Cover line- they all relate on
hip hop and the cover lines
are based on the contents
in the magazines.

2. The masthead - bold and white which shows its importance. The
audience can tell this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size
then the rest of the text on the front cover. The audience can tell this
is a hip-hop magazine as it has signifiers of an microphone which
people associate with battle rap, free styling and beat boxing which
shows the audience this is an hip hop magazine
Splash- says black history
month as the hip hop genre is
mainly associated with black
people.
The overall colour scheme consists of
three colours red white and black these
colours signify the hip-hop genre as those
colours associate with the hip hop genre
Banner – the background
of the banner is black
whereas the writing is
white we know that this is
an banner as it is on the
top with a message to
readers the banner tells
the audience that this is an
hip hop magazine as it has
the word hip hop on the
banner
Headline – its white and bold which tells
the audience that this is the content
that’s going to be in the magazine the
audience can tell the headline is
associated with the hip-hop genre as it
has a hip-hop artist GAME as its
headline which shows it’s an hip-Hop
music magazine.
The main image is of an hip hop artist game looking at the camera we know
this is the main image as he is centrally framed which shows the audience he
is the main person to look at. The main image has signifiers which are
associated with the hip hop genre for example the snapback and the shirt plus
tattoos all originated in LA where gangsta hip hop had come from and where
the game is from which overall tells the audience this is an hip hop magazine.
Website – the magazine has its
own website so readers can
connect with the magazine.
Barcode- this is used so
magazine retailers know
who bought the magazine
Cover line- they all relate on hip hop artists or
people associated with hip hop this shows the
audience this is an hip hop magazine as the cover
lines are associated with people predominantly
black men who are with the genre.