READER PROFILE

Ryan is a 16 year old boy who lives in Brixton in south London. He goes to a local secondary school near his home and is currently doing his GCSE. Ryan is interested in music and how it is distributed so he isn’t sure if he should take media at A level. In his spare time Ryan likes to play football with his friends and go to a lot of parties. The type of music Ryan is commonly exposed to is UK Grime, R&B, Hip-Hop, Funky house and Bashment, these are all popular genres in the UK urban scene and in the  area Ryan lives in the majority of people listen to these types of music. Some of Ryan’s favorite artist is UK Grime artist Sneakbo and American Hip-Hop artist Drake. Ryan says that he is inspired by the Grime artist Sneakbo as he came from the same estate he lives on and by posting music videos on Youtube he has now been noticed and has songs now on Itunes, choice fm radio station and TV.

The reason my magazine would have a reader of this background is because the person would have to understand the real UK grime scene and would have to be able to relate to the hard life and background of the artist. Another reason why this would be my typical reader is because they would also listen to genres such as Hip-Hop and understand the link between the UK grime scene and the international World known Hip-Hop scene. The final reason why that would be my typical reader is because the main age group who listens to grime is between 14-24 and a 16 year old would be a typical interested in that genre