This is my first draft of my Hip-Hop magazine, I chose the name 'BEAT' for my title as In hip-hop and RnB music, the term 'beat' commonly refers to the entire instrumental and non-vocal layer of the song and every type of music has a beat so i thought this name was well suited for this particular magazine. The colour scheme is black and white as through reserach most Hip-Hop magazine consisted of the colour scheme used on my Hip-Hop magazine. These colours are not used to target a specific target audience its meant to appeal to both the male and female readers.

The image is a close up as i wanted to create an image which was intimidating  and that showed power and  i think i achieved this as the artist in the picture is looking down at the camera showing he is superior than the readers. The artist in the picture is wearing a watch and chain this shows the readers he is successful as he is able to afford all the 'bling' he is wearing. This image is confirming stereotypes as most Hip-Hop artists are black confident and wealthy. As this is my draft cover, when improving i will change the colour of the font size and colour as it hard to read as its on a dark background i may change it to red or yellow so it stands out and be easier to read. Additionally i will need to make the artists name bigger and bolder to draw attention to it, i will also change the layout of the date as it looks unprofessional.