The structure of the 'NME' double page of Nicki Minaj is done in a way that presents the artists careless and free willed personality. Although it isn't arranged that organised it is still easy to distinguish as there are bold sub headings above each piece of text , each beginning with 'Thou..' set out like Nicki's own set of commandements. The styling and colour scheme using bright pinks and bold patterns and colours really establishes the artist, relating to her album ' Pink Friday' and presents the reader with her individual style and approach to music. The colours also shows her femininity eve though she is in what would be considered a male dominating music genre.
The image alone is very effective in drawing in potential readers, just by looking at her facial expression and her individual styling, you can tell she is one a kind, exceptional artist; bringing a new perspective into hip hop with her crazy persona. This could somehow represent women nowadays as having freedom to express themselves in the way they want not because society tells them to. She is positioned just off centre shows that she is dominating the page , being somewhere that she can be partially on each side without her being distorted by the fold of the page.
One page of the double page spread is completely covered by the photograph of Lana Del Ray which highlights her significance. The structure of the text can easily be understood. The article follows genre conventions in that there is an introductory paragraph in bold. The spread uses a mainly monochromatic colour scheme. The only exception to this being the image of Lana del ray, the artificial lighting creates a red light across one side of her face. The image goes against the usual conventions of magazine layout as the cover star would usually be looking into the camera .
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