The artist discusses their rise to fame, saying it all feels like a blur from living in a council flat to owning a mansion. Gaining over 100,000 Twitter followers from one song made them feel "on top of the world." To deal with fame, being responsible was key as famous people must be role models. Their favorite track on the new album is "Ambition of a King" because it captures their drive and ambition to succeed in the industry.

1. Research:
During our lesson we was asked to research a famous music artist, I chose Lady Gaga
because she is one of the most successful artist in her field. We had to find in depth of
what the artist specialises in, what they do, and how they got there. I believe Lady gaga was
a great example to use because her Music career started relatively recently (2005) yet she
managed to smash the charts multiple of times.
Lady Gaga started making songs with hip hop artists like Grandmaster and Melle Mel which
explains versatility in her music.
Lady Gaga’s outfits are designed by a popular designer Alexander McQueen , Alexandre
McQueen designed many outfits and shoes for her music video ‘’Bad Romance’’
Lady Gaga funds her own concerts and tours, her record label doesn’t, this shows how
independent she is. ‘’House of Gaga’’ – her own brand, funds her shows.

2. I would like my music artist to be similar to French Montana, this is because he is a great music
artist, an amazing character and overall I believe that French Montana is inspiration as his music has
interesting storylines behind it, I believe that French Montana is a powerful person because of what
he speaks and what he represents.
In order to make my music artist similar to French Montana I have to represent him in the same way
French Montana is. My artist is going to have a powerful story behind his music with a cocky
personality this can be represented through the way in which he speaks in his interview with the
music magazine, I also want my music artist to be a bold character, this can be represented by
making him confident in what he stands for and overall I want my Music artist to be inspiration, I
believe this is essential in the music industry because you have to inspire people through what your
saying, his background story of what he was and what made him what he is today makes it even
more inspirational for viewers and fans of his music.

3. My Artist reminds me of French Montana because growing up they have similar interests, For example French Montana’s two favourite hobbies were playing
football and rapping, therefore I believe my reminds me of French Montana. Furthermore, inspirational artists like Tupac Shakur and Biggie allows rap artists to
aspire to be a great music producer, for my artist Tupac and Biggie were his idols in the rap industry, this applies for many other people within the rap industry as it
applies for French Montana. Personally, I like French Montana’s style of music, his style is very creative as some of his songs have auto tune and many other great
effects to make his music successful. The Genre of music my artist will make will be Rap/Hip-Hop. This means that my artist will be represented as a bold character
with quite a cocky personality, I also want my artist to be inspirational for the genre of music that he is involved in, in order to make my artist inspirational, I need to
make his music influential to grab attention from people that are interested in all types of music not just rap. What makes my artist great is the fact that he will
have individuality, to be a great artist you will have to be a great individual with confidence in your own ability and that is how I am going to portray my artist.

4. The text is around the main
image of Nicki Minaj, this could
represent the fact that
everything revolves around her
as a artist.
Nicki Minaj is
usually
associated with
the colour
pink, which is a
very feminine
coded colour.
‘Nicki Minaj’ is the
biggest text on the
double page spread,
this automatically
indicates that she is
the main focus of this
magazine.
‘The Gospel’ makes it
known to the
audience about her
authority and
power, as ‘The
Gospel’ comes from
The font is quite feminine, from this I can
infer that the target audience for this
magazine would be women.
As per usual, Nicki is heavily made up, this means
that she cares about her appearance, and the way
in which she is seen in the media.
For some women, fans and
the general public, Nicki
Minaj is iconic, so the fact
that she has got ‘icon’ on her
hand which is directly shown
to the camera, representing
the fact that she is a idol to
certain people.
Nicki Minaj usually wears
revealing clothing to
represent her
individuality, however in
this image she is fully
dressed which is unusual
for Nicki Minaj, this
represents how serious
she is actually taking this
magazine.

5. The quotation also matches what is in the main image, the quotation ‘I’m not looking for attention I’m
just not boring’ is reinforced by the picture, you can tell that this artist is quite wild as she has a gun in her
hand and a gun held to her mouth, this represents that she is a individual.
The colour scheme
(Red, Black, White)
for this double page
spread magazine are
usually associated
with men (Masculine
Coded). From this
colour scheme we
would expect a male
to be the main
image. However the
main images is a
women which
adheres our first
impressions of the
magazine, from this
colour scheme we
would expect a male
to be the main
image.

6. This double
page spread is
obviously a rap
magazine
because it has
two rap artists
as the main
image, furtherm
ore the way the
artists are
dressed suggests
what genre they
represent. They
have chains and
clothing that is
usually
associated with
rap.
This double page spread is different because it has two music artists in one long shot.
This could appeal to more than one audience because they are different artists
This magazine has informal
language which makes it a
more niche target audience
as some people wouldn’t
like offensive words in the
subheading.
This magazine is associated
with rap because it has
swear word in the
subheading and rap has a lot
of swearing involved in it
The font is quite slick and
unique which represents the
authority of the artists
The text is a tweet from 50 Cent backing up Soulja Boy, this is also reinforced by
the main image as 50 cent is standing behind Soulja Boy which makes the key
image and the text link
There is a contrast in
front size, the important
message is bigger to gain
attention and the more in
depth text is smaller to
make the reader want to
read on.

7. Not only does the key image represent the fact that hes a rap artist, his clothing such
as a tank top, chain, ring and watch also represents the fact that he is a rap artist.
Nas is a legend so
his successes speak
for itself, therefore
he doesn’t need to
be the attention
seeking type for
the camera, he can
just sit down and
be himself, the
magazine
constructed this
well because by
having him more
focused, it engages
the target
audience and
makes the
audience
understand his
important to the
rap industry and as
music as a whole.
Nas is a rap legend
so by having him by
himself shows how
influential he has
been thoughout his
music career.
In this photo Nas
looks very focused
and this could
represent how
determine he was
throughout his
career.
The text is smaller
than the main
image, this was
done on purpose to
connote that Naz is
the all important
thing in the image.
The main image takes up the majority of the double page spread, this is an important
thing because it shows how the magazine is trying to represent the artist.

8. This magazine interview features a very well known rap artist ‘The Game’. The image
of The Game represents his character, he is sitting on a bench on his own this
highlights his independence as a rap artist.
In the background is a graphitised wall with a high rise block of flats behind him, this
image is very significant because it could represent where he has come from to where
he is now. We as an audience can automatically he is rap artist by just looking at him
without hearing his music or hearing his speech. We can tell he is a rap artist by his
clothing, he is wearing trainers, jeans, a t-shirt, a baseball cap and obviously
jewellery, these are stereotypical representations of a rap artist, and this will help it
appeal to their target audience.
In this interview The Game is talking about many things including his disconnections
with 50 Cent as he says ‘’I put that all behind me’’ this shows that he is able to move
on from certain issues in his life. The Game then goes on to say ‘’ 50 helped me on
maybe three songs, and he's going around saying that he wrote my album. My album
doesn’t sound like him. My style is nothing similar to his. 50 Cent is a Rapper. I’m an
MC’’ by him saying this in the interview it represents the fact that he believes he is
different and that he’s got his own sort of style, this is a great aspect to have as an
music artist because the best thing to do is produce original music.
The Game says ‘’ I’m going to do something special on stage tonight, it may not go
over very well, but that’s the risk I will have to take’’ this is an inspirational piece of
speech because from this we can infer that he is not scared to try new things, this is
important in the music industry because its not popular to be producing the same
style of music because that wont be ‘’new’’ music.
From this interview we can tell that The Game he is also a bubbly character a

9. How have you dealt with your rise to fame?
Well, to be honest it all feels like a blur, one minute I was sitting in a council flat
and the next… I’m in a huge mansion. Like on day I had 200 followers on Twitter
but then when I released ‘Hearts of Men’ I then got over 100,000 followers, just
because of one song, this made me feel on top of the world. But overall to
summarise my rise to fame I feel that being responsible was the biggest step I
had to take in order to deal with the fame in a suitable manor. It’s hard being
famous because you have to be a role model to all sorts of people in
society, children, teenagers, fans and record labels, however I believe that having
self-control makes it very possible to deal with fame.
What was your favourite track on your new album and why?
That’s really hard because I love all of my songs on my new album but I have to
admit ‘Ambition of a King’ has to be my favourite song, simply because how
passionate I felt about the song, the producers for the beats worked very hard in
order to create such an amazing beat, I felt like in this song I had something to
prove because when I was constructing it. I was going through a huge change in
my music career, and I felt it was essential to go as hard as I can on this
beat, which I did because ‘Ambitions of a King’ stayed number 1 in the charts for
three weeks. This was something I didn’t expect because it was more of a
natural song coming from the heart, then it smash the charts.
What or who inspires you in your life and music?
I think it would be weird to say who inspires me as a person because I inspire myself, but my main music
inspirations has to be Tupac, when I was growing up I ate, slept and breathed Tupac’s music, not for the violence
but the message behind his music is quite touching simply because I can relate to his situation. Obviously I had
other musical inspirations as I listen to all different genres of music, for example, French Montana, Michael Jackson
– Michael was a huge part of my growing up, I’m sure this applies for many artists for different genres. Growing up
I also listen to a lot of old school rap like Eazy E etc.