1980 in hip hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1980.

Released albums

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label
7	The Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Gang	Sugar Hill Records

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label
29	Kurtis Blow	Kurtis Blow	Mercury Records

Released singles

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• "8th Wonder" - The Sugarhill Gang
• "Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" - Jimmy Spicer
• "Ah, That's the Joint" - Kool DJ AJ
• "And You Know That" - The Sequence
• "Another One Bites Rap" - Barry & Demo
• "Another One Bites the Dust" - Jimmy "Spiderman" Allen
• "Another One Bites the Dust" - Sugar Daddy
• "At the Party" - Treacherous Three
• "Big Apple Rappin' (National Rappin' Anthem)" - Spyder-D
• "Bons Tempos" - Equipe Rádio Cidade
• "Boogie Feelin' Rap" - Sweet G
• "Casper's Groovy Ghost Show" - Casper
• "Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby)" - King Tim III
• "Dallas" - The Mexicano
• "Death Rap" - Margo's Kool Out Crew
• "Dib-Be-Dib-Be-Dize" - Brother D with Collective Effort
• "Do It Right (Rap)" - Bobby & Demo
• "Double Dutch Bus" - Frankie Smith
• "Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ah, Beat Beat)" - Kool Kyle Starchild
• "Election 80 Rapp" - The Unknown Rapper
• "Father Goose (The Ball at Oz...)" - M. Brathwaite / W. Carter
• "Flash It to the Beat" - Flash and the Furious 5
• "Freedom" - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• "Groovy Beat" - Stanley Shaw
• "Hard Times" - Kurtis Blow
• "Here I Am" - The Sugarhill Gang
• "High Power Rap" - Disco Dave and the Force of the Five MCs
• "Hot Hot Summer Day" - The Sugarhill Gang
• "Jammin' on the One" - Don Juan & K. Dog
• "Keep On Trying" - The Chill Factor
• "Cosmo Rap" - Ronnie Jones
• "Let's Rock" - Harlem World Crew
• "Let's Vote" - Nuri
• "Maximus Party" - T.J. Swann & Peewee Mel and Swann Controllers
• "Million Dollar Legs" - Outlaw Four
• "Monster Jam" - Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence