Music magazine cover image

I have chosen this to be my image of the artist to be on the front cover 

I have chosen this because from my research I noticed the rap/ hip hop magazine artist image was a close up shot so I wanted a close up shot 

Also I feel the pose and facial expression is sutible for my magazine and it's genre 

The facial expression is serious with a little attitude in it, this is what I feel is great for a magazine for rap and hip hop