In the 'VIBE' article the first thing that gets my attention is the highlighted "What's my name" text followed by "Rihanna" and then "ft Drake". This is because it is the biggest text out of the whole double page spread and is in bold writing. Furthermore, "What's my name" is highlighted in yellow which is a bright colour and therefore is very eye-catching. This was done so that the reader knows what the article will be about and points out the featured artists (Rihanna and Drake) and the title "What's my name" which is the title of the single that these artists have made.
Also, from the text "Rihanna ft Drake" I can see that "Rihanna" is written in a larger text size than Drake and this is because Rihanna is the main artist behind the song and she is also the one behind the hook of the song, whereas Drake is only featured in the song. Moreover, I think "Rihanna" is written in a bigger size than "Drake" because she is the main person that the article will be about and she is also the cover star for the double page spread so it tries to bring as much attention on her as possible.
Furthermore, I think that the 'VIBE' magazine using Rihanna as the main artist and also featuring Drake is very effective. This is because it would attract and interest both gender rather than the magazine only having a small amount of readers being a certain gender.
On the right side of the double page spread there is another eye-catching text which is also highlighted in yellow which says "Hair today, gone tomorrow". I believe that this would attract even more females or women to read this article because many females look up to Rihanna as they would want to look like her and she is often seen as a fashion icon. This would mean that many females would be intrigued and would want to read the article.
The Image
The background of the image is plain and does not have multiple colours. The image is a close-up shot of Rihanna with red hair and a fringe leaning to the side of her face covering her right eye. She is also wearing a flower headband as jewellery however they appear to be flowers made out of metal rather than natural flowers.
I think that the image was taken this was because the 'VIBE' magazine, although it looks at the hip-hop genre, it also targets a broader range of interests. Therefore, I believe that this double page spread was set up in a way that it does not represent hip-hop how it is usually portrayed, but rather tries to target the broader ranger of interests.
For example, usually in a magazine where it focuses on rap or hip-hop there would be a male rapper wearing jewellery such as gold chains. In contrast, this image has a female cover star which is wearing a flower headband which is very different compared to how hip-hop is usually viewed.
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