1987 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 1987.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
unknown	T La Rock	Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
March 3	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded
March 19	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Rock the House
April	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show
May 20	Whodini	Open Sesame
July 7	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid In Full
July 20	Too Short	Born to Mack
July 22	LL Cool J	Bigger and Deffer
August 14	The Fat Boys	Crushin'
August 21	Steady B	What's My Name
October 25	Heavy D	Living Large
November 4	Ice-T	Rhyme Pays
November 6	N.W.A	N.W.A. and the Posse