As the latest guest on Sway’s in-studio concert series, R.Les exhales a live edition of “Breathe”, his “Ups & Downs” then discusses taking on rap and his $1 million reward. Les Is More October 22.

Twista stocks up on new music with his new mixtape hosted by DJ Don Cannon. Guests include Juicy J, Future, Shawnna and more. Get it after the jump.

Kevin Rudolf’s fellow Cash Money crew joins him in the winner’s circle for his new single, which will also serve as WWE’s 2012 Night Of Champions theme music. Radio rip for now. rapdose

Ludacris held his 7th annual Luda Day Weekend during the Labor Day holiday in Atlanta. On Sunday, he took it to the Morehouse Forbes arena for the Team Luda vs. Team Hart charity game with the likes of Pusha T, Floyd Mayweather, Ma$e and more. Peep the photos here and Kevin Hart’s trash talking below.

Last Saturday, Usher and Miguel helped kick off the month long iTunes Festival at the Camden Roundhouse in the UK. If you couldn’t make it, here are their full performances. hhnm

This shit’s special. During the final Rock The Bells stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey this weekend, Nas brought out Scarface for their first live performance of DJ Khaled’s “Hip Hop”. They fucked Hip Hop.

How’s this for black star power? Gunplay takes front and center stage with his latest mixtape, 601 & Snort. After the jump, peep the tracklist, download link and his brand new video.

As Miguel’s track continues to make its rounds, it now falls into the hands of Taylor Gang’s own for yet another remake. Who got next?

Riding shotty across town, Big Sean gives us a first listen of his J.Cole-collabo. Like the previous tease, this sounds good so far. Detroit drops September 5.

Miguel’s “Adorn” is a certified hit. So now Busta and his Conglomerate decides to hop on the record and give it their own touch.