Front Cover analysis

The genre of this magazine is R and B, the fact that he has no jewelery does not reflect with the theme of the magazine. However his facial features make him look angry or tuff which could suggest that his music is also strong and may have an angry tone to it. The words ‘the power of 50’ represents 50 cents (main image) status and shows that he was one of the main rappers at that time, it also connotes that he has the power of 50 inside him. 50 cents name is not put on the front cover of the magazine; this implies that he is known by lots of people. The image of 50 cent is a close up which is done to show that he is the main person in the magazine, also there is back lighting which makes the image stand out, and in addition it puts him in the centre of the magazine. The colours used (black, white and red) add a more serious approach to the magazine, the fact that the title is done in white on a red background makes it stand out more, also the red banner behind the title distinguishes that it is the main title. The fact that there is not much writing on the front cover of the magazine implies that 50 cent is the main person, by  doing this it makes him the centre of attention as the readers eyes will be on him instead of reading the sub-headings. On the side there are other people’s names which tell the readers that they are also inside the magazine however they are written in small font which advocates that they are not as important as 50 cent.