Use of semiotics in XXL

I am going to deconstruct XXL magazine for my new set work, with the use of semiotics and polysemic images and signs.  Immediately the red piece of writing which says” Return of the real G”, attracts the readers eye. The word “real G” relates to Young Jeezy because before he became a rapper he was a gangster. It also means that he is not just talking about Drugs and killing, he’s actually been there. The picture itself says it all; Young Jeezy is stereotypically dressed like a gangster with the tank top and the two chains with two AK-47’s on it. The two guns on his chains again relate to the text “Return of the real G”.  


In the top right corner the text “The real street Issue” connects to the other teasers underneath, it represents the beef between the rappers, and how some of them had real fights  instead of diss tracks, that’s why it says the real street issue because its more than just dissing each other on their tracks. 

Without the text on the magazine the audience would know what the magazine is about because Young Jeezy on the picture looks aggressive and Ghetto, he looks like he’s looking for trouble.