How is 50 cent represented?
In the image he is represnted as an urban gangster. This is shown by the baseball cap he is wearing. It signifies he is urban because of the writing on it. This is reinforced by his underwear which is on show, it also has the words "G-unit" on them which emphasises to the viewer his apperance is very urban gangster. The use of binary opposition is prominant in the image. We are shown a "parental advisory" sticker which contrasts to the cross he is wearing round his neck. The cross noramally connotes religion but in this sense it just adds to his apperance of urban gangster. The "parental advisory"sticker signifies that his music is going to have quite violent or offensive lyrics, this contrasts to the cross he is wearing because in religion what he is singing about would be frowned apon. The sticker also contrasts against the white background which usually connotes as something pure and innocent unlike what he is going to be singing about. The image of 50 cent denotes his masculinity because of all of his muscles on show and his stance. It adds to the sense of violence (which is also shown by the gloves he is wearing, he is prepared for a fight) that we will get from his music and adds to his apperance of urban gangster. The overall representation of 50 cent is that he puts his apperance across to be very urban gangster and he is quite violent.
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