'XXL' Magazine Cover Deconstruction

I bought an XXL magazine to get some inspiration of the style I need to use to make my magazine with by deconstructing it; there is an over-shoulder shot of 50 Cent on the cover, he is covering the 'L' on XXL, which is a common convention of R&B magazines. The main colours used are red, white and black. The artists name and the masthead are in red which gives more importance to them. The celebrity is wearing black and white clothes and most of the font is black, this everything in the magazine intact. The white background contrasts against all the bright colours, like red and dark colours. It uses basic and minimum colours so does not look too overcrowded. There are references to artists featured in the magazine which would tempt the audience to buy it and find out what is more about what the issues in the magazine are about. The target audience for this type of magazine are people who listen to R&B, young adults, men because they might look up to 50 Cent as a role model for example if they are an upcoming artist and teenagers aged about 16-18 because the articles and artists featured in the magazine are both current and R&B is a very current genre too.