Artists as texts

Artists as texts

Artists can be seen in a variety of texts for example:

CD's such as

This front cover of "50 Cent" shows him instantly as standing out from the rest. The black background focusing the audiences eyes on the artists instead of any other factors. Also the use of the clothing used showing him wearing fighting gloves shows 50 cent as being strong and independent. Making him appeal to his target audience. Also the image of him topless with tattoos on his arms shows him as being tough, strong and dangerous. With his group logo being show on his hat and boxers (G unit) shows him as being well recognized and part of a gang, again showing him as dangerous.

Music Videos such as

Her first single entitled Do it Like a Dude holds features found in the videos of some other female pop stars. These features include things like dirty ambiance, fashionable bisexuality and a bunch of female crotch grabbing which also shows aggression which is mostly a trait showed in male orientated videos. Also with using no men in the video this emphasizes Jesse J's independence from men and how women can do it by themselves or even 'like a dude'. Additionally the video shows variety and sticking it to men which is not commonly seen in mainstream videos.