The Vibin’ Newspaper
This is The Vibin’ newspaper, the first piece I made for a campaign I created at Rutgers. The campaign is meant to describe the history and effects of Hip-Hop and Rap. The Vibin’ is a visual and informative newspaper about the music genre. The goal was to persuade all readers of the positivities of the influences of Hip-Hop and Rap and to debunk all the false claims surrounding it.
The newspaper contains information from four articles published by professional authors. These articles serve as evidence that helps support the fact that Hip-Hop and Rap music are not as inappropriate as many think. They explain how they help communities prosper during times of hardship. The images here were also manipulated to help convey the message further, and all are covered in a magenta and orange gradient to make them more intense to the viewer.
On the back is a poster of a microphone standing in front of an audience at a concert with the tagline A Voice for the Voiceless. The message here is how Hip-Hop and Rap are used as a means to express the many difficulties many low-class communities go through in life when no one would listen to them normally. I came up with this after researching and interviewing my classmates on what this music genre means to them. This project was completed in May 2020.