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For this specific task, I have chosen to analysis Lil Wayne, who is a famous 
rapper across the globe. I have chosen 3 different magazines that have had him 
on the front cover and have noticed that all of the aim to do the same thing 
which is to give him a very big status and this can be especially seen on the 
VIBE magazines front cover as they have used a throne as one of the props for 
the front cover to make out and give over the image of Lil Wayne being a king 
and maybe the king of rap, as that is obviously his profession. They have also 
made is clear for us to see that he is very wealthy due to the fact that he is 
wearing a very expensive watch and also a diamond ring and other diamond 
themed jewellery.
The use of these props for his costume can also be connected with the use of a throne to 
show that he is almost royalty because of what he has accomplished in the music 
industry. This can also be seen in the XXL magazine which also features Lil Wayne but 
they have used different props and effects to give a similar image. They have used Lil 
Wayne’s image on top of an empty planet, which seems to be the moon and in an 
astronaut’s costume. This can suggest to the audience that he is completely different to 
everyone else, but the thing that connects this front cover to the other one that VIBE 
have used is the use of the cover lines on him. It states in big letters `Wayne’s World’ 
which shows that Lil Wayne is so good that he runs the world and no one can be like him. 
Also, they have used a quote he has made, `I am on another level. So rappers be scared.’ 
They have put all of this in capital letters to make Lil Wayne come across as serious and 
scary but to also this quite also can be linked the VIBE front cover which shows Lil 
Wayne on a throne, which states he is the king. This magazine has done the same thing by 
allowing him to state that he is on another level compared to everyone else. Yet again, 
there is another reference to him being better than all of the other rappers. This allows 
the costume used on the XXL front cover to make sense as the other level could be the 
fact that he has no gravity on the moon and is actually rising above the other rappers in 
the industry, another level of gravity. Whereas the other front cover that the Rolling Stone 
have given a different interpretation to their audience about Lil Wayne.
They have also portrayed Lil Wayne as quite a serious character due to the 
facial expressions he is using and then the costume they have used is to 
allow people see what is truly like, allowing them to see all of his tattoos 
and how different he is compared to other people. This can be tied in with 
the fact that he is making gang remarks when posing for his picture which 
could mean that the tattoos are connected to his gang lifestyle. All of these 
things that the magazine has used to present Lil Wayne to the audience are 
connected to the cover line they have written about him. `Lil Wayne goes to 
jail,’ this clearly suggest to the audience that rapper has gone to jail for his 
gang lifestyle and that is maybe gang related, that Lil Wayne is quiet 
dangerous and they have also given an insight to his actual life rather than 
his career, which is clearly a contrast between these magazines.
Another contrast between these magazines is the fact that the Rolling stone 
magazine has him topless and showing off his tattoos, where as the other two 
have Lil Wayne wearing clothes. The fact that the Rolling stone have used this 
sort of image to present Lil Wayne to their audience could show that the article 
inside the magazine is a lot more explicit and personal as he has been stripped 
down to his bare chest and showing off his tattoos which can be deemed as a 
fairly personal thing for people, especially as he has so man, which can and will 
suggest to the audience that he has had a lot of things happen in his life.

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Textual analysis: Representing an artist

  • 2.
  • 3. For this specific task, I have chosen to analysis Lil Wayne, who is a famous rapper across the globe. I have chosen 3 different magazines that have had him on the front cover and have noticed that all of the aim to do the same thing which is to give him a very big status and this can be especially seen on the VIBE magazines front cover as they have used a throne as one of the props for the front cover to make out and give over the image of Lil Wayne being a king and maybe the king of rap, as that is obviously his profession. They have also made is clear for us to see that he is very wealthy due to the fact that he is wearing a very expensive watch and also a diamond ring and other diamond themed jewellery.
  • 4. The use of these props for his costume can also be connected with the use of a throne to show that he is almost royalty because of what he has accomplished in the music industry. This can also be seen in the XXL magazine which also features Lil Wayne but they have used different props and effects to give a similar image. They have used Lil Wayne’s image on top of an empty planet, which seems to be the moon and in an astronaut’s costume. This can suggest to the audience that he is completely different to everyone else, but the thing that connects this front cover to the other one that VIBE have used is the use of the cover lines on him. It states in big letters `Wayne’s World’ which shows that Lil Wayne is so good that he runs the world and no one can be like him. Also, they have used a quote he has made, `I am on another level. So rappers be scared.’ They have put all of this in capital letters to make Lil Wayne come across as serious and scary but to also this quite also can be linked the VIBE front cover which shows Lil Wayne on a throne, which states he is the king. This magazine has done the same thing by allowing him to state that he is on another level compared to everyone else. Yet again, there is another reference to him being better than all of the other rappers. This allows the costume used on the XXL front cover to make sense as the other level could be the fact that he has no gravity on the moon and is actually rising above the other rappers in the industry, another level of gravity. Whereas the other front cover that the Rolling Stone have given a different interpretation to their audience about Lil Wayne.
  • 5. They have also portrayed Lil Wayne as quite a serious character due to the facial expressions he is using and then the costume they have used is to allow people see what is truly like, allowing them to see all of his tattoos and how different he is compared to other people. This can be tied in with the fact that he is making gang remarks when posing for his picture which could mean that the tattoos are connected to his gang lifestyle. All of these things that the magazine has used to present Lil Wayne to the audience are connected to the cover line they have written about him. `Lil Wayne goes to jail,’ this clearly suggest to the audience that rapper has gone to jail for his gang lifestyle and that is maybe gang related, that Lil Wayne is quiet dangerous and they have also given an insight to his actual life rather than his career, which is clearly a contrast between these magazines.
  • 6. Another contrast between these magazines is the fact that the Rolling stone magazine has him topless and showing off his tattoos, where as the other two have Lil Wayne wearing clothes. The fact that the Rolling stone have used this sort of image to present Lil Wayne to their audience could show that the article inside the magazine is a lot more explicit and personal as he has been stripped down to his bare chest and showing off his tattoos which can be deemed as a fairly personal thing for people, especially as he has so man, which can and will suggest to the audience that he has had a lot of things happen in his life.