Research and Planning - Music Magazine Double Page Spread Analysis: Hip-Hop

Jay-Z is wearing dark glasses to hide his eyes, which implies he is a powerful artist and doesn't need to make eye conact with poeple due to his power. On the right side of the page, where the tet is, a huge red 'J' is in the centre of the page. The huge 'J' is just another supporting peice of evidence to show his power. And as I hvae said in my previous blogs, power and superiorioty is important in hip-hop music; it is talked a lot about in the music. This is how I can tell it is hip-hop.
Then the fact there is a lot of used of the colours red, black and white is another way I can tell it is a hip-hop magazine.