1987 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1987.

Released albums

Release Date^[1]	Artist	Album
February 10	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show
March 3	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded
April 7	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Rock the House
May 22	Dana Dane	Dana Dane with Fame
May 29	LL Cool J	Bigger and Deffer
July 7	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full
July 20	Too Short	Born to Mack
July 28	Ice-T	Rhyme Pays
August 8	MC Shan	Down by Law
August 12	MC Shy D	Got to Be Tough
August 14	The Fat Boys	Crushin'
August 27	Whodini	Open Sesame
September 13	Grandmaster Flash	Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang
October 13	Steady B	What's My Name
October 17	The Skinny Boys	Skinny & Proud
October 27	Heavy D & the Boyz	Living Large
November 3	Kool Moe Dee	How Ya Like Me Now
November 6	N.W.A	N.W.A. and the Posse
unknown	Bobby Jimmy and the Critters	Black & Proud
unknown	Gucci Crew II	So Def, So Fresh, So Stupid
unknown	Spoonie Gee	The Godfather of Rap
unknown	UTFO	Lethal
unknown	Gigolo Tony	Ice Cold
unknown	Gregory D & DJ Mannie Fresh	Throwdown
unknown	MC A.D.E. and Posse	Just Sumthin to Do
unknown	Michael Peace	RRock It Right
unknown	Just-Ice	Kool & Deadly
unknown	Surf MC's	Surf or Die
unknown	The Connoisseurs of Groove	Reap and Destroy
unknown	T La Rock	Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
unknown	Tuff Crew & Krown Rulers	Phanjam
unknown	Velore & Double-O	We're Coming Correct
Unknown	Various Artists	The Rap Pack Fresh Records Compilation
Unknown	Various Artists	Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 3
Unknown	Hurby's Machine	The House That Rap Built

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1987 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[2]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	7
"I Need Love"	LL Cool J	Bigger & Deffer	14