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[–] nedwben@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Was he fifty at birth?

His first album was 2003; 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. If 50 cents was his valuation then, that would mean Curtis Jackson's valuation was 22¢ at birth in 1975. Assuming he follows a somewhat arbitrary inflation rate of 3%. (This is also assuming he is not an asset of higher expected return like property, stocks, or bonds.) Putting him at a less attractive 99¢ today.

If he is the the currency himself, rather than being valuated at 50¢, then he would have devalued. This would put his value at around 27¢ today and $1.68 at birth.

Sauce

[–] Syltti@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I'm glad someone pointed it out.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

If 50 cents was his valuation then, that would mean Curtis Jackson's valuation was 22¢ at birth in 1975. Assuming he follows a somewhat arbitrary inflation rate of 3%.

But that's just inflation. His physical and mental development surely added value, meaning he was probably worth much less than 22¢ at birth.

Also, link preview kind of ruined your sauce joke, but I still liked it.

[–] xia@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Soon... about tree-fiddy...

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was about that time I noticed that sweet little pop rapper was a right story tall crustacean from the plethazoic era. I said get it out here!

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not how inflation works. He still is 50 Cent, his value just dropped.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well if you ask a coin collector a coins rarity effects it's value greatly. Being 50 Cent is the only half dollar stamped with 1975, that explains why he is now worth so much.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, but then you are talking about the non-fungability tied to his distinct features, not his transactional value.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You didn't think it was cool at all that no half dollars were minted with 1975 on them? Sheesh... I really am a dork

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

I thought it was cool, thanks for teaching me an interesting fact!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah exactly. At birth, his value in today's money is about $3.10. assuming he is still $0.50, his purchasing power has dropped by more than 80%

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So ~~60~~ 50 years is 600%? That's crazy

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago

Not wages though!

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol, trolling people born near 1975

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

O lol, not on purpose - i just suck at math

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 1 week ago

He's not even about tree fiddy, poor sod

[–] gezero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

3.5 percent per year more or less

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

He'd have been better off just putting himself in an index fund.

[–] capcool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Did you reduce the taxes?

[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Wow he got so old which means I got old as well FML