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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2020.

Events

January

  • On January 2, DaBaby was detained by Miami police for robbery investigations.[2]
  • On January 6, Florida rapper 9lokkNine was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm and potentially faces up to five years in prison.[4]
  • On January 17, New York rapper Pop Smoke was released from jail on a bond of $250,000 after having been arrested with a stolen Rolls Royce vehicle worth of $375,000. He is now prohibited to leave the United States without the government's permission.[5]

February

  • On February 19, Pop Smoke was murdered in an apparent home invasion robbery.[7][8]

Released albums

January

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 Sada Baby Brolik Self-released[9]
3 Famous Dex Dexter 2031 Rich Forever Music[10]
5 Big Kahuna OG and Monday Night Thug Tear Scheme Team[11]
10 Big Ghost Ltd Carpe Noctem Big Ghost Ltd. Music
Mick Jenkins The Circus Free Nation, Cinematic[12][13]
Moneybagg Yo Time Served N-Less, Interscope[14]
Quando Rondo QPac Never Broke Again, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
17 070 Shake Modus Vivendi GOOD Music, Def Jam
Eminem Music to Be Murdered By Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Mac Miller Circles Warner[15]
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
The Professionals (Oh No and Madlib) The Professionals Madlib Invazion[16]
Stunna 4 Vegas Rich Youngin Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
Various artists Bad Boys for Life – The Soundtrack We The Best, Epic
24 J Hus Big Conspiracy Black Butter[17]
M Huncho Huncholini the 1st Island[18]
Sy Ari Da Kid It Was Unwritten [19]
26 Fly Anakin at the end of the day. Mutant Academy[20]
27 Cardo, Larry June, Payroll Giovanni, HBK Kid Game Related BYLUG, The Freeminded, EI$G[21]
31 DJ Fresh & Curren$y The Tonite Show with Curren$y The Flesh, RBC[22]
Brian Brown Journey Funky Tenn[23]
Key Glock Yellow Tape Paper Route, EMPIRE[24]
  • Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
Lil Wayne Funeral Young Money, Republic[25]
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Russ Shake the Snow Globe Russ My Way Inc., Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Yo Gotti Untrapped Inevitable II Records, CMG, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200

February

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Esham She Loves Me Reel Life Productions[26]
7 2 Chainz x T.R.U No Face No Case T.R.U., Atlantic[27]
  • Debuted at No. 182 on the Billboard 200
Boldy James The Price of Tea in China Boldy James, ALC Records, EMPIRE [28]
Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats Unlocked PH Recordings, Loma Vista[29]
  • Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
D Smoke Black Habits WoodWork Records, EMPIRE[30]
Jaz-O The Warmup Kingz Kounty Media Group
Pop Smoke Meet the Woo 2 Victor Victor, Republic[31]
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
14 A Boogie wit da Hoodie Artist 2.0 Highbridge The Label, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Fetty Wap Trap & B
Lil' Flip Feelings GT Digital / Clover G Records
No Feelings GT Digital
Vinnie Paz As Above So Below Enemy Soil
21 Royce da 5'9" The Allegory Heaven Studios, eOne
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Still Flexin, Still Steppin Never Broke Again, Atlantic
28 G Herbo PTSD [32]
Lil Baby My Turn 4PF, Quality Control Music, Motown Records[33]
Planet Asia & 38 Spesh Trust the Chain [34]
Smoke DZA A Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed [35]
The Jacka Murder Weapon Empire
Zaytoven A-Team [36]

Upcoming releases

March

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
6 Jadakiss Ignatius D-Block, Roc Nation, Def Jam
CJ Fly Rudebwoy Pro Era [37]
R.A.P. Ferreira Purple Moonlight Pages Ruby Yacht [38]
13 King Iso World War Me Strange Music, RBC, ingrooves [39]
Rich the Kid BOSSMAN Rich Forever Music, Republic Records
27 Joyner Lucas ADHD Twenty Nine, Dead Silence [40]
TBA Jay Electronica A Written Testimony Roc Nation [41]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist Album Label Ref.
6LACK TBA LVRN, Interscope [42]
Big Sean TBA GOOD, Def Jam [43]
Blueface Find the Beat Cash Money West, Cash Money, Republic [44]
Busta Rhymes Good God All Mighty Conglomerate, Epic
Cardi B Tiger Woods KSM, Atlantic [45]
Drake TBA Frozen Moments, Republic [46]
Frank Ocean TBA Blonded [47]
Hopsin TBA Undercover Prodigy
J. Cole The Fall Off Roc Nation, Dreamville, Interscope [48]
Ja Rule Twelve Iconn
Jay-Z TBA Roc Nation, Epic
Kanye West Jesus Is King Part II GOOD, Def Jam
Kendrick Lamar TBA Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath, Interscope [49]
Kid Cudi Entergalactic Wicked Awesome, Republic Records [50]
Lil Baby Lamborghini Boys 4PF, Quality Control Music, Motown [51]
Lil' Kim 9 Part 2 Queen Bee Entertainment, eOne [52]
Lil Yachty Lil Boat 3 Quality Control Music, Motown
Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake Roc Nation
Ludacris TBA Disturbing Tha Peace, Def Jam
Megan Thee Stallion Suga 1501 Certified Ent, 300 [53]
Migos Culture III Quality Control Music, Motown
Nas TBA Mass Appeal, Def Jam [54]
Nicki Minaj TBA Young Money, Cash Money, Republic [55]
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 4 Run the Jewels, Inc. [56]
T.I. TBA Grand Hustle, Roc Nation, Epic
Young Thug Punk 300, YSL [57]

Highest-charting songs

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2020 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[58]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"The Box" Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial 1
"Life Is Good" Future featuring Drake TBA 2
"Godzilla" Eminem featuring Juice Wrld Music to Be Murdered By 3
"Roxanne" Arizona Zervas TBA 4
"Ballin'" Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch Perfect Ten 11
"Hot Girl Bummer" Blackbear TBA 15
"Sum 2 Prove" Lil Baby My Turn 16
"Good News" Mac Miller Circles 17
"High Fashion" Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial 20
"Numbers" A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring Roddy Ricch, Gunna and London on da Track Artist 2.0 23
"Yikes" Nicki Minaj TBA
"Falling" Trevor Daniel Homesick 25
"Darkness" Eminem Music to Be Murdered By 28
"Those Kinda Nights" Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran 31
"B.I.T.C.H." Megan Thee Stallion Suga
"I Do It" Lil Wayne featuring Big Sean and Lil Baby Funeral 33
"Suicidal" YNW Melly Melly vs. Melvin 34
"Unaccommodating" Eminem featuring Young M.A Music to Be Murdered By 36
"Out West" JackBoys featuring Young Thug JackBoys 38
"Blue World" Mac Miller Circles

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of February 2020 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 279,000 1 [59]
2 Circles Mac Miller 164,000 3 [59]
3 JackBoys JackBoys and Travis Scott 154,000 1 [60]
4 Funeral Lil Wayne 139,000 1 [61]
5 Artist 2.0 A Boogie wit da Hoodie 111,000 2 [62]
6 Still Flexin, Still Steppin YoungBoy Never Broke Again 98,000 2 [63][failed verification]
7 Time Served Moneybagg Yo 66,000 3 [64]
8 Shake the Snow Globe Russ 65,000 4 [61]
9 Untrapped Yo Gotti 35,000 10 [65][failed verification]
10 Meet the Woo 2 Pop Smoke 34,000 7 [66][failed verification]

Highest critically reviewed albums

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 J Hus Big Conspiracy 87 8 reviews [67]
2 Mac Miller Circles 83 14 reviews [68]
3 Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats Unlocked 81 7 reviews [69]
4 070 Shake Modus Vivendi 80 10 reviews [70]
5 Royce da 5'9" The Allegory 79 5 reviews [71]
6 Mick Jenkins The Circus 78 5 reviews [72]
7 Pop Smoke Meet the Woo 2 76 4 reviews [73]
8 Eminem Music to Be Murdered By 64 17 reviews [74]
9 Lil Wayne Funeral 64 9 reviews [75]

See also

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