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"Hip- Hop Connection" is the un- disputed American magazine that informs many Hip-Hop listeners about the diverse culture of this certain music genre that represents culture and politics. In this issue, of Hip Hop Connection, the main featurette is the 7 time platinum West Coast rapper The Game. The background is white which connotes purity and goodness whereas, the image itself is juxtaposed against the background because the main image if the rapper is associated with drugs and guns. Being, a Black African American he conveys to many stereotypes that are associated through this single image but also through his music.

The image is positioned in the foreground, and takes up majority of the space which symbolises his dominance over the rap genre scene. The infrastructure of his body is quite atheletic which is assoicated with Black males as a stereotype which is placed by society but, his strong dominace look, also represents many of the young African Americans that are still living in the ghetto. The long shot of The Game really emphasises his mood and look on his face, the lighting helps compliament the serious inflammatory look. As, many people know, Black people are not infamous for smiling in photos they rather put on a mug shot, just like this image. Hip Hop Connection also published an article on him that was parrallel to this picture and had taken seceral pictures of him in the ghetto. His body gesture, also connotes the break of possibly colonism and the stereotype of "other" by him placing his two fists together in a strong way he is suggesting that Black people do not need to worry about anything, beacuse he has made it far. Lastly, his tattoos are an expression of art - tattoos are also referred and associated to Black males.

The image is centrally postioned and the taglines are placed around it. The two colours that are used on the magazine cover are red and black. The colour red would connote death or blood but in this case the useage of red represents the division in Compton, LA which is over the gang affilation. "Crips" represent Blue whereas, "Cedar Block Piru Bloods" represent the colour red thus the font being red because The Game was associated with the Bloods. The gang affilation is also, related to the rapper. The typography seems to be bold Aerial and font type Sans Serif which shows the dominace of the magazine in the print industry. Also, the only tagline that is in Black is the one associated with the game, this shows that he is the main feature in the magazine.