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How a star's image develops over time through video• I am Analyzing Curtis Jackson (AKA 50 cent) and how he developed over time.• Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an

American rapper, actor, businessman, and investor. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. Although he left drug-dealing to pursue a musical career, he was struck by nine bullets in a 2000 shooting. After Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Introscope Records. Short biography provided by Wikipedia.

He worked solely in the hip hop genre.

His early image was thuggish and stereotypical of what was perceived of a person from the hood. Like in the song P.I.M.P in 2003 the point of the video was that he was a pimp which is a stereotype of black men

How was his/her star established in the earliest videos?• Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve although he left drug-

dealing to pursue a musical career, he was struck by nine bullets in a shooting.

Are they shown to play a character in his/her career?• He uses different aspects of his character and bases a song and makes

the one character in the video be focused on just that characteristic. Like in the video of PIMP shows the fact that woman flock to him because of his career. In the glow of a thug music he portrays a thug which can be seen as a the way Curtis had to act a certain way to survive in the place he grew up.

Characteristic feature Textual example How its demonstrated or developed

Low budget The glow of a thug It presents a lot of clips of one genre although it is unorganised and unprofessional

Large budget and large personality (snoop dogg) is in it

P.i.m.p They use professional camera work filming in a mansion with a lot of actors

Large budget Window shopper They use lots of expensive cars and use the setting from a rich place and shows the price of the items in the video to show this.

Large budget ft justin Timberlake Ayo technology They use professional filming and lots of editing and expensive items

Large budget Ok youre right They use lots of editing and expensive venues like banks but he doesn't show off his wealth in this one

Large budget ft. Chris brown No romeo no juliet They use lots of edits he doesn't show off his wealth its simple lots of shots of girls and him and Chris standing next to each other dancing.