1980 in hip hop music

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

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
February 7	The Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Gang^[1]
September 29	Kurtis Blow	Kurtis Blow^[2]
Unknown	The Sequence	Sugarhill Presents The Sequence^[3]