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Compare the representations of Eminem in Hip Hop Connection and

Top Of The Pops? Suggest reasons why they may dier. Give some detaied information a!out the genre" target audience and

!ac#ground of !oth maga$inesThe genre of Hip Hop is !asicay a type of music styed with a series of rhythms thataccompanies rapping as we as yrics that rhyme in a type of rhythm" this iscommony #nown as rapping. The target audience is mainy young%midde aged maes&'()*+,. The genre of maga$ine is mainy aimed at those who i#e rap music. Top ofthe Pops maga$ine is a charts maga$ine" so it gives you a the information and gossipa!out the artists that are at the -Top of the charts. Top of the Pops /rst came aroundin '00+ and is sti running to this day" it is a spin o maga$ine from the origina T1show Top of the Pops &which started in '02(, which ran on the 33C. Hip HopConnection &'044), is the ongest running monthy maga$ine for hip hop music ony.H.H.C changed hands severa times and was once owned !y 5inistry of Sound wherethey ony featured femae artists on the front of the covers" !ut they !egan to run outof ideas and sod it to another company. 6ue to the change of hands" the newcompany introduced an annua ist of the !est hip hop a!ums.

Give some information a!out the artist himsefHis rea name is 5arsha 5athers 777 &!orn '2 Octo!er '02*, and he has an ater egocaed Sim Shady. 3efore he was a soo artist" he used to !e in a hip hop group caed6'*" he was aso in a hip hop duo caed 3ad 5eets Evi. The 8oingstone maga$inehas named him the 9ing of Hip Hop due to his ong and very"very successfu career.He has aso achieved ': num!er one a!ums on the 3i!oard *:: in the ;S

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6escri!e each of the images in detai. 6iscuss in detai the use ofcoour" cothing" stance" non ver!a communication" accompanyingCoverines He=s giving us &the

audience, direct eyecontact" the camera angeaso ma#es it oo# i#e he is

oo#ing down on us" and itaso ma#es him oo# !iggerthan us too. This connotesthat the maga$ine is tryingto suggest that he is moreimportant%famous than usand that he oo#s down onanyone around him due tohis high status and it asosuggests that he appearsuntoucha!e.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The way that he has !eenstyed in the pictureconnotes that he doesn=twant to !e the conventionarap artist anymore" the shirtis un)tuc#ed though whichshows that he sti wants to!e seen as aid !ac#" !ut itma#es him oo# i#e he isdown to !usiness and moresophisticated.

The tattoos" gun andighter are typicaconventions of the hiphop cuture whichconnotes re!eion.The ighter coud asoconnote that he isready to ight theword on /re !ecauseof his fame.

The red in the tetmatches the rednesson his suit" the redhas connotations of

danger &which in#s inwith the gun" tattoosand ighter,"

Here" it oo#s i#e thecamera is oo#ing down onhim" this connotes that themaga$ine is trying to ma#ehim appear sma to thetarget audience" perhapsthis coud !e !ecause fromthe spash on the front ofthe maga$ine they areanaysing his music" so

they are anaysing him too.

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