The document discusses the student's chosen genre of hip-hop for their magazine project. It provides background information on hip-hop, describing its origins in the 1970s South Bronx and key elements of rapping, DJing, breaking, and graffiti art. It also notes that while hip-hop has developed globally, these elements provide coherence. Additionally, it defines music genres and lists the most popular genres by album sales, with rock and pop the top two and hip-hop ranking sixth. The student plans to represent their model in the magazine like a powerful hip-hop artist, using bold text as seen on an image of The Notorious B.I.G., to look important.