The rapper known as 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, was born on July 6, 1975. As of the current date, May 16, 2025, he is 49 years old and will turn 50 in about a month and a half
. If you were asking about the age or history of the "cent" as a currency unit, the cent is a fractional monetary unit equal to one hundredth (1/100) of the basic currency unit, with origins in the Latin word centum meaning "hundred." It has been used in many national currencies for a long time, though the exact age varies by country and currency system. The symbol ยข for cent has been in use since at least the 19th century and was common on typewriters and early computer keyboards
