[HN Gopher] The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
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       The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
        
       Author : gaws
       Score  : 393 points
       Date   : 2025-10-17 16:40 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
       | I'm in my Lambo maggot
        
         | defraudbah wrote:
         | these harry potter fans are weird man
        
           | 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
           | I don't get it. I posted 50 Cent lyrics
        
       | defraudbah wrote:
       | awesome website!
       | 
       | looking forward to see websites for $uicideboy$, C-Note, 2
       | Chainz, maybe Lil $1
        
         | defraudbah wrote:
         | damn, it wasn't sarcasm, people are dumb here
        
           | thenthenthen wrote:
           | bbno$?
        
       | observationist wrote:
       | https://archive.is/68cAI
       | 
       | (In case you can't see the official link for firewall purposes.)
        
         | CaptainOfCoit wrote:
         | ... Is the term 50cent commonly blocked in firewalls, or am I
         | missing some joke?
        
           | observationist wrote:
           | It's a newly registered website, gets classified as a risk by
           | some organizations "Newly-Registered-Domain". After 30 or 60
           | days, it's no longer flagged and blocked.
        
             | CaptainOfCoit wrote:
             | Thanks! Funny I one minute before your comment, commented
             | on when the domain was registered.
             | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619354
        
       | rx_tx wrote:
       | > Based on 50 Cent's name being coined
       | 
       | I see what they did there.
        
       | srameshc wrote:
       | the images at the top is the best part, we get a little over 2 50
       | Cents. Makes it so much easier to understand inflation
        
       | Rendello wrote:
       | I love it. If you track your mouse over the graph, the image of
       | 50 Cent expands with inflation.
       | 
       | It reminds me of another great interactive rapper graph:
       | "rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary":
       | 
       | https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html
        
         | defraudbah wrote:
         | yeah, no wonder cunninglinguist was pretty high in that list :)
        
         | HPsquared wrote:
         | And "0 Cent" before June 1994 :)
        
         | codyb wrote:
         | Using the first 35,000 words is a bit unfair for a rapper such
         | as Lil Wayne who's been releasing work since he was 14.
         | 
         | Also I wonder if this is including proper nouns and other
         | references. (I'd think it should, but it's hard to account for
         | the fact that referencing seven different Chris's would be
         | counted as one token used seven times. Similarly, many words
         | have many meanings, and those are all being lumped together as
         | well, so no accounting here can probably ever be perfect).
         | 
         | If you had all the lyrics for all the rappers I think I'd -
         | aggregate word counts - combine variations - remove most
         | commonly used words in each language (I, I'm, You, You're, etc)
         | 
         | Then see who came out ahead. You shouldn't get penalized for
         | releasing more.
         | 
         | You could probably do a bunch of cool analysis with that data.
         | 
         | edit: Oh no, there's actually a Genius API isn't there. No no
         | no no. I have no time!
        
           | Rendello wrote:
           | The original author was pretty clear about the limitations of
           | his work. I certainly would like to see an updated version,
           | so I'm glad you got nerd sniped and not me. I look forward to
           | see your super accurate updated version in a few months ;)
        
         | jihadjihad wrote:
         | Blackalicious near the top of the pack checks out.
        
       | 1970-01-01 wrote:
       | 1994? The artist 'made it' in 2003.
       | 
       | 88 cent in 2025.
       | 
       | Not great, not terrible.
        
         | sgt wrote:
         | So before 2003 he was less than 50 cent? When was he a dime?
        
       | gdsdfe wrote:
       | I miss the era when the internet was more fun like this
        
         | CaptainOfCoit wrote:
         | Seems the creation date of the domain was 2025-10-08, so you're
         | in luck, this particular fun exists and was created in this
         | era!
        
       | mk_stjames wrote:
       | I would argue that valuation of '50 Cent' (real name Curtis James
       | Jackson III) was essentially flat leading up to immediately
       | before the release of Get Rich or Die Tryin', his debut album
       | released February 6, 2003.
       | 
       | Which, undeniable, is an * all-time banger * that substantially
       | increased the valuation of 50 Cent to something far surpassing US
       | dollar inflation.
       | 
       | Seriously, go listen that that album again; total game changer.
       | Top cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D3crqpClPY
        
         | cma256 wrote:
         | If you're into AI music I leave this without comment:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4GrSKMzQg0
        
           | mk_stjames wrote:
           | I was prepared to be absolutely fucking disgusted by such a
           | comment but I.... shit. I mean... this is.... this is wild
           | 
           | I gotta go contemplate 'where we're at' again it seems. If
           | that is truly a straight generative audio diffusion model....
           | wait, how did they get the same verse by verse chord
           | progressions to match? this has to be professionally post-
           | produced, right? AI models aren't able to do this end-to-end
           | yet, right?
        
             | conception wrote:
             | Probably not end to end, no. But you can make something
             | similar to just about any pop song on suno.com now.
        
             | kayge wrote:
             | As a big fan of Chris Cornell I went through the same
             | stream of emotions with their Motown version of Like a
             | Stone[0]. And if you can get past the thumbnail, check out
             | the 2000s Rock version of Many Men[1]
             | 
             | [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_88Qg8FGrqY [1]
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFKREP3gPg
        
             | cma256 wrote:
             | I had similar emotions. The cover of 21 Questions by the
             | same YouTuber is even better. And other covers of Mario's
             | "Let Me Love You" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For
             | Christmas" are equally mind blowing.
             | 
             | I'm ashamed to say I prefer these to the originals so much
             | so that its difficult for me to listen to them any more.
             | Make of that what you will...
        
             | yellowapple wrote:
             | > wait, how did they get the same verse by verse chord
             | progressions to match?
             | 
             | Usually these AI covers don't use AI for the whole thing,
             | but rather specifically for melding the to-be-impersonated
             | voice into some given melody. That's been possible for a
             | couple years now with decent results; one of my favorite
             | examples is that of Plankton from Spongebob singing
             | Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence":
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eLRsw9mkmY
             | 
             | Possible that these newer ones are also using AI to
             | generate other musical elements, but it's probably all
             | being combined after-the-fact rather than being generated
             | all at once.
        
       | treetalker wrote:
       | Since 50 Cent worked with Robert Greene to co-author _The 50th
       | Law_ , maybe now he and Peter Thiel can co-author _Zero to 109
       | Cents_.
       | 
       | Or, you know, something about rap and the Antichrist.
        
       | lanewinfield wrote:
       | hi, i made this. thank you for posting.
       | 
       | unfortunately due to the government shutdown, the BLS inflation
       | data for September 2025 is delayed from October 15 (as it
       | normally is) until October 24[1], so please check back then to
       | see if he is >109 Cent.
       | 
       | assuming future stability, the site will automatically update on
       | the 15th of every month.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.bls.gov/bls/092025-cpi-reschedule-notice.htm
        
         | karmakaze wrote:
         | It would be fun to have currency conversions too.
        
           | earlyriser wrote:
           | Conversions to Nickelback, Poundz, Los Pesos, DJ Euro and
           | Yen.
        
             | at-fates-hands wrote:
             | Or to Robert Deniro's
        
               | edbaskerville wrote:
               | Robert Dinero?
        
             | kayge wrote:
             | Don't forget Johnny Cash and Eddie Money :D
        
             | dmurray wrote:
             | Since this goes back to 1995 I'd also like to request Franc
             | Sinatra, Nick Gilder, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
        
         | Rochus wrote:
         | Where is the inflated music?
        
           | jerf wrote:
           | 1. Go to, let's say, a video like this:
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss [1] Start it
           | playing.
           | 
           | 2. Copy and paste this into your browser location bar: javasc
           | ript:void(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackR
           | ate = 50/prompt("Inflation-adjusted 50 Cent value:"))
           | 
           | 3. Enter the inflation-adjusted 50 Cent value, which as we
           | are talking about this today, is 109.
           | 
           |  _Et voila_ , inflation-adjusted 50 Cent music, and anyone
           | finding this later can adjust it to their current inflation-
           | adjusted value.
           | 
           | I believe there are limits on how slow the browsers will
           | playback video. This code is not guaranteed to work past any
           | possible hyperinflations or massive deflations that may occur
           | in the future.
           | 
           | If you're curious how that may sound with a more careful job
           | done then the browsers will do with stretching, consider
           | Beethoven's 9th symphony stretched to 24 hours: https://www.y
           | outube.com/watch?v=JSJ9Bkhb1Q4&list=PLMEcbs3sHQ... Some of
           | you may well legitimately love this. Obviously the frequency
           | profile of doing this to a 50 Cent piece will be quite
           | different but it at least gives the idea.
           | 
           | [1]: It is sheer coincidence that this video ID ends in
           | "Ass". This is "50 Cent - In Da Club (Official Music Video)"
           | for those wondering.
        
         | femiagbabiaka wrote:
         | You're doing a public service, thank you.
        
         | mckeed wrote:
         | Curious how you set it up. Do you have to manually update it
         | when inflation data comes out, or is it automatic?
        
           | lanewinfield wrote:
           | it's on a scheduled workflow with github actions that
           | rebuilds the site on the 15th, 30 minutes after the data is
           | released.
           | 
           | cron: '0 13 15 * *'
        
         | khazhoux wrote:
         | This is a powerful visual representation. I would suggest that
         | the impact could be even stronger if you provided side-by-side
         | images of 50 Cent, where the second is scaled up
         | proportionately.
        
           | brk wrote:
           | If you scroll across it displays multiples of the image
           | representative to the inflation at the time point.
        
           | lanewinfield wrote:
           | that's a good idea. in future versions, i might need to
           | consider multiple renderings as different economists likely
           | prefer alternative visualizations of 50's monetary
           | adjustments
        
           | dsamarin wrote:
           | Quick self nerd snipe:
           | 
           | I think the area should be scaled proportionally, so the new
           | width and height should be multiplied by sqrt(cents/50)
        
             | zdragnar wrote:
             | If we're going to be pedantic about it, his name hasn't
             | changed, so really he should be shrinking proportionally
             | rather than growing over time
        
       | CSMastermind wrote:
       | A currency being worth half it's value in 25 years is absurd. The
       | US despreately needs to make it's money a stable unit of measure.
        
         | joshuamcginnis wrote:
         | We're $38.8 trillion in debt and still printing.
         | https://www.usdebtclock.org/
        
           | kristofferR wrote:
           | Inflation is just what you want when your debt is denominated
           | in the currency that is being inflated, though. The more
           | inflation the easier it will be to service the debt.
        
             | BartjeD wrote:
             | That's why everyone sane is fleeing into gold and silver.
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | They're probably too late, it's already priced in. Gold
               | is up like 30% in 3 months.
        
               | nonethewiser wrote:
               | Being up doesnt show that it's priced in.
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | Of course not. It being known to the market is what
               | causes it to be priced in.
        
               | lesuorac wrote:
               | Thanks, I'll go short gold now since it's going to go
               | down!
               | 
               | Things being priced in is such horse shit. Momentum
               | trading works specifically because the market fails to
               | price in information.
        
         | nonethewiser wrote:
         | In some sense it's absurd. But historically its normal.
         | 
         | And to be more precise, 25 years to halve is actually less
         | inflation than the historical average of 3.29% from 1914-2025.
         | At that rate it would take 21-22 years to halve.
         | 
         | Actually there is a surprisingly good trick to be able to
         | calculate this called the rule of 72. Take the inflation
         | percentage (2, 3 %) and divide 72 by it. Thats how many years
         | it will take to halve. Not completing accurate but actually
         | very close.
         | 
         | But yeah, inflation is a bitch over long time horizons. It
         | makes me laugh when people say stocks are risky. Say you are 20
         | years old and want to save $2M USD for your retirement by 65.
         | Expect that to be more like $470k.
        
           | mothballed wrote:
           | If you move to before the central bank was created in 1913,
           | the dollar remained remarkably stable in relation, although
           | it did oscillate, it never deviated more than 50% from the
           | starting point until after creation of the fed.
           | 
           | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Dollar_v.
           | ..
        
             | woodruffw wrote:
             | It seems difficult to draw any inference from this, given
             | how different the US's economy and global position is in
             | 2025 versus 1913.
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | ... I was directly addressing GGP using 1914 as a cutoff.
               | Now you object to the cutoff I didn't introduce only when
               | someone introduce data on the other side of it? Funny how
               | that magically ends up being the case.
        
               | woodruffw wrote:
               | To be clear, I think it's also hard to make inferences
               | after 1913. But it's _easier_ (and particularly after
               | 1945, 1971, etc.) because the US's geopolitical status
               | after those periods is at least _analogous_ and a matter
               | of econometric research.
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | The period from 1776-1913 arguably had as many changes as
               | the period from 1913 to 2025.
               | 
               | In the first 130 years of the US, the value of the dollar
               | didn't change, as far as I can tell, more than 50% from
               | the starting point.
               | 
               | From 1913 to 2025, the dollar lost 96+% of its value. The
               | difference between a ratio of 2:1 and a ratio of more
               | like 30:1.
        
               | woodruffw wrote:
               | > The period from 1776-1913 arguably had as many changes
               | as the period from 1913 to 2025.
               | 
               | I'm not arguing it didn't. But I think in _kind_ the US
               | 's global economic position didn't change substantially
               | between full independence in 1783 and 1913. It grew
               | during that period, but the idea of the US as a peer (and
               | then dominant) economic world power is a distinctly post-
               | WWI one.
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | Why do you believe that makes the data comparison pre to
               | post central bank irrelevant?
        
               | gbacon wrote:
               | Lots of topics that we discuss on HN require careful
               | thought and other difficult efforts but somehow do not
               | extinguish our curiosity. Going back to the ancient
               | Romans, an ounce of gold has always been able to purchase
               | a suit of clothes. As the market becomes more efficient
               | at producing goods and services, we should expect prices
               | to decrease, not inflate. In some sectors, we do see this
               | outcome but not in others. Yes, the analysis required to
               | explain why is difficult, and perhaps more difficult is
               | having to face conclusions that challenge one's priors.
        
               | woodruffw wrote:
               | There's a big gap between curiosity and making
               | inferential leaps.
               | 
               | > As the market becomes more efficient at producing goods
               | and services, we should expect prices to decrease, not
               | inflate.
               | 
               | Yes, that's why the cost of clothes has decreased in real
               | terms.
        
             | somenameforme wrote:
             | What is the source of data that image is using? It seems
             | odd. A datum I quite like is the Campbell's Tomato Soup
             | Inflation Index. [1] Since their introduction in 1897,
             | Campbell's has sold the same tomato soup in the same size
             | container. Its price remained quite stable until 1971 at
             | which point it went into loony land, like many other data.
             | [2]
             | 
             | The point is that even after the central bank was
             | introduced, the US remained on a literal or defacto gold
             | standard, of varying sorts, until 1971. That's when Bretton
             | Woods ended and the value of the USD became based on
             | absolutely nothing and the government granted themselves
             | the power to 'print' arbitrary amounts at their discretion.
             | 
             | [1] - https://theglitteringeye.com/the-tomato-soup-index/
             | 
             | [2] - https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
        
               | mothballed wrote:
               | It's from a variety of sources due to the large time
               | period and discontinuity in government and 3rd party
               | measuring apparatus over 250 years. Refer to Table 5 for
               | the non-BLS period sources.
               | 
               | https://www.measuringworth.com/docs/cpistudyrev.pdf
        
           | rkowalick wrote:
           | The correct calculation isn't too hard either.
           | 
           | If currency halves in purchasing power in 25 yrs, that means
           | inflation is 100% in 25 years, so                   (1 +
           | r)^25 = 2         r = 2^(1/25) - 1 ~ 2.8%
        
             | nonethewiser wrote:
             | In terms of being able to do it in your head, its a lot
             | harder.
        
           | sudo_gopnik wrote:
           | Historically - it's actually NOT normal. Link and quote below
           | that examines this with graphs but, the crux is that we have
           | accepted higher inflation in order to achieve stable
           | inflation that is predictable.
           | 
           | "For the pre-Fed period (1790-1913), the average annual
           | inflation was 0.4 percent with a coefficient of variation of
           | 13.2. During the period 1941-2016, these figures changed to
           | 3.5 percent and 0.8, respectively. If we look at the post-
           | Volcker era (1988-2016), annual inflation was 2.2 percent on
           | average with a coefficient of variation of 0.4." -
           | 
           | Source: https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-
           | economist/s...
           | 
           | Also recommend Debt: The First 5000 Years (David Graeber) and
           | Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty) which
           | cover this and more on how current concepts of finance and
           | capital post-1914 are incredibly different from the majority
           | of human civilization.
           | 
           | I think a broader historical/anthropological approach is
           | helpful here to understand why those tradeoffs were made.
        
             | Aurornis wrote:
             | > "For the pre-Fed period (1790-1913), the average annual
             | inflation was 0.4 percent with a coefficient of variation
             | of 13.2. During the period 1941-2016, these figures changed
             | to 3.5 percent and 0.8, respectively. If we look at the
             | post-Volcker era (1988-2016), annual inflation was 2.2
             | percent on average with a coefficient of variation of 0.4."
             | -
             | 
             | Citing an average number is misleading since the chart of
             | the value of a dollar during that time looks like a zig-zag
             | with some massive swings in both directions. This means
             | periods of severe deflation, too, which can be very bad for
             | people.
             | 
             | It definitely was not flat or consistently near zero,
             | though citing an average number is a great way to give that
             | impression.
        
               | wredcoll wrote:
               | Maybe a better metric is some kind of yearly median, i.e
               | what you would actually experience living year by year.
        
               | dragonwriter wrote:
               | > Citing an average number is misleading
               | 
               | Not when you are also citing the coefficient of variation
               | it isn't.
               | 
               | > since the chart of the value of a dollar during that
               | time looks like a zig-zag with some massive swings in
               | both directions.
               | 
               | Uh, exactly the claim made, "we have accepted _higher_
               | inflation in order to achieve _stable inflation that is
               | predictable_." (emphasis added)
               | 
               | Characterizing this as a bad thing is, IMO, quite
               | bonkers, but so is denying that it is exactly what has
               | happened.
        
           | gbacon wrote:
           | Your starting point of 1914 is strangely specific. Why did
           | you choose it?
        
           | jollyllama wrote:
           | A span of time that happens to include The Great Depression.
        
         | mothballed wrote:
         | Get a brokerage account that has a sister bank account. Put
         | money in, buy TIPS/gold/equities, pay the 30% tax or whatever
         | on the inflationary difference, then buy your stuff. The point
         | is to force you into buying more stable units of account and
         | then taxing the inflation as a "capital gain."
         | 
         | Pretty genius because it can be framed as taxing greedy
         | capitalists when literally they're just taxing fractional
         | inflation.
        
         | silisili wrote:
         | We tend to target 2% inflation. Half in 25 years is under 3%,
         | so on target.
         | 
         | That said, I feel like this number is way off, personally,
         | based on changes in housing and food prices between the two
         | times.
        
           | nonethewiser wrote:
           | Certainly a lot of that inflation was in the last ~8 years. I
           | certainly know what you mean.
           | 
           | Groceries are one of the more discretionary items. Your
           | mortgage is fixed, demand for gas is inelastic, etc. But
           | groceries you respond to the price. And so many staples have
           | become 2,3,4X times more expensive compared to pre-covid. I
           | remember the cheap beef (chuck roast) was about $4/lb and
           | decent steak (ribeye) was about $9/lb. Now its about $10/lb
           | and $22/lb.
           | 
           | So psychologically, now your "splurging" just gets you the
           | "cheap" stuff.
           | 
           | Wages have risen a bit. But 1) not nearly as much as
           | inflation 2) these are very asymetric and 3) the way they
           | rise doesnt feel like wage inflation. Even those who saw
           | wages rise due to inflation probably felt like it was other
           | things. Such as simply changing jobs. Or just normal yearly
           | review. Or maybe they havent switched jobs and have some
           | "unrealized gains" awaiting them still. No one one saw their
           | wages incrementally rise month by month.
        
             | silisili wrote:
             | I think wages are a great way to look at it too, rather
             | than just comparing prices.
             | 
             | Said another way, I think making 100k in 1995 would make
             | one feel way, way richer than making 200k today.
        
               | lotsofpulp wrote:
               | How you feel is also very geographically dependent, and
               | quality of life dependent.
               | 
               | The government published nationwide inflation measures
               | are completely irrelevant to anyone who had a goal of
               | buying land in a tier 1 metro, or in the higher end
               | suburbs of tier 2 metros. And you will feel very
               | different based on if you have kids or not.
               | 
               | Land, healthcare, and education pretty much eclipse
               | everything else.
        
         | pinkmuffinere wrote:
         | Why??? My (very limited) understanding is that we like a small
         | amount of inflation, to incentivize reinvestment into the
         | economy/R&D/etc. If there's no inflation, you incentivize
         | dragon-hoarding behavior
        
           | jsbg wrote:
           | that's why no one every buys TVs
        
             | wredcoll wrote:
             | honestly its a large factor for me personally when I look
             | at buying a new tv!
        
         | jancsika wrote:
         | Wait, what's absurd about it?
         | 
         | I feel like this is the real-life version of my favorite joke
         | from Andy Kindler: "I know they said don't re-invent the wheel,
         | but does it have to be so _round_? "
         | 
         | Edit: emphasis
        
         | imtringued wrote:
         | How would that work? You have a claim to a past output that no
         | longer exists. If the nominal value of the claim stays the
         | same, the real value of the denomination unit must change.
         | 
         | People don't understand that money is a time and location bound
         | object and pretend it is infinitely liquid and fungible when it
         | isn't. Money is kind of like electricity. When you borrow it
         | into existence and spend it, it travels a path through society,
         | but it must then travel along a return path back to the source.
         | Inflation could be thought of as a form of resistive loss,
         | where current stays the same but voltage drops.
         | 
         | There's a reason why demurrage (or its ugly brother inflation)
         | is a necessary bitter pill if you want a working money system.
         | It forces money to travel down the return path sooner than
         | later.
        
         | crazygringo wrote:
         | It's not absurd. And there's no automatic way to make money
         | perfectly stable. That's not how money works.
         | 
         | And deflation is much worse. So we target a small 2% yearly
         | inflation so that if it's 1% or 3% it's not a big deal. Whereas
         | if you target 0% and wind up with -1%, you've got problems.
        
       | nonethewiser wrote:
       | I wonder how the data is updated. I dont see any network calls so
       | I guess it's provided on build. The latest datapoint is August.
       | Do we just not have data for the last few months? I suppose you
       | could have github action or whatever to pull in the latest and
       | republish on change.
       | 
       | edit: i see elsewhere in the comments the author explains this.
       | github action indeed.
        
         | lanewinfield wrote:
         | you bet. I pull it straight from the BLS.
        
       | nly wrote:
       | It's remarkable how over this time frame how inflation in the UK
       | and the USA has been so similar.
       | 
       | https://www.rateinflation.com/consumer-price-index/uk-histor...
       | 
       | https://www.rateinflation.com/consumer-price-index/usa-histo...
       | 
       | Both approx +110%
       | 
       | Yet over that time UK GDP per capita is up only 46% compared to
       | the US which is up a massive +223%. Depressing.
        
         | jhallenworld wrote:
         | They don't say that the currencies are pegged, but I'm pretty
         | sure they're defacto pegged. Same deal with the Euro.
        
           | metalliqaz wrote:
           | They don't call USD the global reserve currency for nothing.
        
       | borisjabes wrote:
       | 2.6% per year inflation. Fed did a decent job.
        
         | RhysU wrote:
         | 30% error.
        
       | deadbabe wrote:
       | Chamillionaire was another rapper who pivoted into tech investing
       | and venture capitalism and did 50x to his net worth. I think he
       | still posts here.
        
       | t1234s wrote:
       | Didn't he make more money from his stake in Vitamin Water being
       | acquired by Pepsi or CocaCola than from rap?
        
         | defraudbah wrote:
         | not really, he has a lot of businesses, this was one of them
         | which turned out to be very successful. He was a very famous
         | rapper back in the days, and he invented mixtapes :)
        
           | ops wrote:
           | He absolutely did not invent mixtapes.
        
       | fair_enough wrote:
       | How many 2025 dollars will it cost me to take a nice lady to the
       | candy shop?
        
         | chriswalz wrote:
         | A lot less than in da club that's for sure
        
           | fair_enough wrote:
           | I don't care if there are some special privileges unlocked at
           | higher "karma" levels, I hope my "karma" stays at 69 forever
           | because of this thread.
        
         | chistev wrote:
         | It wouldn't matter because she can't get a dollar out of you.
        
       | david927 wrote:
       | The full chart
       | 
       | https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2j0...
        
         | mothballed wrote:
         | Imagine how much worse that chart would look were it not for
         | deflationary pressure from science/technology introduced
         | efficiencies.
        
         | k2enemy wrote:
         | That's an incredibly misleading graph. Never look at something
         | with a growth rate on a linear scale, as it will always have a
         | "hockey stick" shape, even with constant growth. If you look at
         | the same series on a log scale, you see high inflation in the
         | 70s, but from the '80s on it looks pretty similar to the
         | pre-70s trend.
        
       | undebuggable wrote:
       | I'm tired of using technology, boss.
        
       | emaccumber wrote:
       | The favicon updating is a nice touch.
        
       | ErroneousBosh wrote:
       | Pretty good value for a dollar, you don't see much of that these
       | days.
        
       | bevelwork wrote:
       | Yesterday's 50cent in today's dollar
        
       | m463 wrote:
       | I wonder if 10cc resizes due to changes in male fertility.
        
       | DyslexicAtheist wrote:
       | reminds me of the time, a Malaysian newspaper mentioned him in a
       | story an converted his name to local currency: 1.50 Malaysian
       | ringgit https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3915
        
       | aidenn0 wrote:
       | I guess we gotta sip something cheaper than Bacardi now?
        
       | ryanschaefer wrote:
       | Made this a while back riffing on the same idea
       | 
       | https://ryanschaefer.github.io/Its-one-banana-michael/
        
       | cantalopes wrote:
       | This is the reason for internet to exist
        
       | supportengineer wrote:
       | I think he increased since this morning!
        
       | RhysU wrote:
       | Too bad ska -punk beat him to today's value of 109 cents:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck-O-Nine
        
       | ranman wrote:
       | Eventually he'll be about tree fitty
        
       | hsbauauvhabzb wrote:
       | Do you offer 50 cent in other currencies? Approximately what
       | point in time would he have appropriately been called 50 euro
       | cents?
        
       | arneslot wrote:
       | I created an account just to comment that I laughed my balls off
       | as a hiphophead.
        
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