Humility isn’t one of Uproxx cover artist Russ’ strongest traits. The “Put You On Game” musician does not mind publicly tooting his own horn. Whether it’s about his album sales, sold out tour dates, or accomplishments like supposedly being the first rapper to perform at the pyramids in Egypt, Russ continuously shouts it from the rooftops.

But yesterday (March 10), Russ locked in another a career first–being added to Pop Crave‘s coveted “stuns” community of conventionally attractive celebrities. Over on X (formerly Twitter), the news aggregator reposted new promotional images from praising Russ’ appearance with their favorite (some would say overused) descriptor, ‘stuns.’

“Russ stuns in new photos ahead of his upcoming era,” wrote the page.

Immediately after the post was live, Russ took to his page to acknowledge the hilarious achievement. “It’s an honor to finally stun on Pop Crave,” he wrote.

Supporters of Russ joined in on his silly celebratory moment.

“Took y’all long enough to give this man his flowers,” joked one user.

Others followed up with compliments of their own. Some pushed the boundaries with thirsty responses.

“A beautiful man,” penned one user.

“My legs opened so quick,” wrote another.

In the Saturday Night Live sketch, No More Slay, Lady Gaga and Bowen Yang petitioned to retire several slang terms unfortunately “stuns” didn’t make the cut.

Tool is a band with tough skin and even rougher personalities. With a frontman Maynard James Keenan occasionally hitting the stage in full drag and prosthetic boobs, there’s not much you can say to hurt their feelings. However, fans of the “Opiate” musicians are certainly trying.

Over the weekend, Tool held their inaugural destination music festival in Punta Cuna, Dominican Republic. While this should be a celebratory moment, it has turned into an unavoidable online troll festival. In a now viral video (viewable here), during Tool In The Sand Festival attendees fiercely booed Tool as they played their set.

According to the Reddit user responsible for posting the clip, Tool’s first night (March 7). However, the following day’s performance (March 8) did not meet fans expectation. The individual claimed that Tool promised patrons “two unique sets” but instead delivered mirroring performance.

“They started the second evening with a repeat of the night before,” wrote the fan. “Everyone disappointed about the repeat from the night before.”

They continued: “Then Maynard asked who wasn’t here last night. No hands went up. They played a new song (Aenema) and then played repeat after repeat from the night before. We watched huge fans next to us walk out of the show.”

Now users online are trolling Tool by loading their social media pages’ comment sections with questions about the moment.

“How did it feel getting booed and heckled at your festival,” wrote one user on Instagram.

“How did the booing start? Was it when you heard the first repeat song, subsided with different song from night 1, then amplified when repeat songs 2,3 & 4 kicked in? Or at the end of the show? Asking for a friend,” penned another.

In the past Tool has curated festivals with great success. But it appears organizing one is another ball game entirely.

Tool has not responded to the pushback. Still, fans are not letting up.

The force that is Doechii cannot be stopped. On the heels of her record-setting 2025 Grammy Award win, Doechii earned the very rare co-sign of hip-hop legend Miss Lauryn Hill.

Following a glamorous time at Paris Fashion Week 2025, Doechii returned to the US with a campaign of her own. Today (March 10), Nike shared its latest ad starring Doechii. In the video (viewable here), the “Anxiety” rapper shut down all industry plant accusations with one extra long receipt of her professional accomplishments.

As she reflects on what’s managed to achieve, Doechii notes that her Best Rap Album win at the 2025 Grammys is one she holds near and dear. During the ceremony, Doechii became the third woman to ever win in that category since its inception–following Lauryn Hill and Cardi B.

In the upload’s caption, Nike echoed Doechii cocky response. “Too official to ever need validating, but we printed Doechii’s receipt to remind you anyway,” read the post.

Last month, Doechii first addressed the dismissive narrative during an interview with The Cut.

“When people aren’t familiar with the history of an artist these days, they get suspicious,” she said. “I’m pretty detached emotionally from it because I understand where it’s coming from. And to be honest, once you get any conspiracies around your career, that’s just confirmation that I’m going somewhere, and I’m doing something right.”

Doechii’s new ad with Nike is out now. Click here to watch.

With a budding family and a chart-topping career, on the outside Luke Combs’ life looks perfect. However, the “Fast Car” singer’s has been quietly dealing with a challenging mental health condition.

During a recent appearance on 60 Minutes Australia, Luke Combs opened up about his decade over two decade long battle with purely obsessional obsessive-compulsive disorder (also known as Pure O)–a rare condition that impacts one’s inner thoughts.

“It’s thoughts, essentially, that you don’t want to have,” he told anchor Adam Hegarty. “Then they cause you stress, and then you’re stressed out, and then the stress causes you to have more of the thoughts, and then you don’t understand why you’re having them, and you’re trying to get rid of them, but trying to get rid of them makes you have more of them.”

Combs revealed that he was diagnosis back when he was just 12 years old. Although he knows “how to get out of it” or the flares, he acknowledges he still has tough moments.

“When it hits, man, it can be all-consuming,” he said. “[Sometimes] a really bad flare-up can last 45 seconds of every minute for weeks. […] The way to get out of it is, like, it doesn’t matter what the thoughts even are. You’re giving any credence to what the thoughts are is, like, irrelevant and only fuels you having more of them.”

He closed by discussing how he copes with the condition, saying: “It’s learning to just go, ‘It doesn’t even matter what the thoughts are.’ Like, I just have to accept that they’re happening and then just go, ‘Whatever, dude. It’s happening. It’s whatever.’ It’s weird, sucks, hate it, drives me crazy. But […] the less that you worry about why you’re having the thoughts, eventually they go away.”

Watch Luke Combs full interview with 60 Minutes Australia here.

Between Drake’s brutal rap beef with Kendrick Lamar, the last minute Anita Max Win Tour show cancellations, and his ongoing legal battle with UMG, a break seems overdue. Apparently, the “Gimme A Hug” rapper agrees.

Today (March 10), Drake took to his official Instagram page to tease a hiatus could be on the horizon. In the post’s caption (viewable here) he let supporters know when he does resurface he will have “answers” to their frequently asked question.

“U know I grew up non-confrontational and always treated this game as a sport where my pen won gold,” he wrote. “But my these days the podium has been hard for all of us to ignore. I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy, but I hope you see my honesty as clarity not charity that answers some questions especially about the unanswered texts you’ve been sending me. ”

While many took the upload to be a teaser for an upcoming solo show, the images shared in the slideshow paint another picture. One of the photos featured in his post appears to be of a Zofran pill.

According to the National Center Of Biotechnology Information, Zofran or ondansetron is a typically used to prevents nausea–in most cases as a result of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery. Some believe it is Drake’s way of suggesting that he is sick to his stomach over the tension with Lamar being all that users online talk about.

Another graphic was a still from 2017’s Phantom Thread starring Reynolds Woodcock, where the actor infamously says: “I cannot begin my day with a confrontation, please. I simply donʼt have time for confrontations.”

One final image that raised the eyebrow of Drake’s followers was a photo of OVO merch with the phrase “Free The Man Dem.” Typically, this would likely refer to incarcerated friends. But without context fans are lost as to who Drake could be talking about.

The remaining images were moments in Drake’s happier moments spent alongside friends. If a Drake break is on the horizon, it will be short-lived. In July, Drake will headline all three days of Wireless Festival 2025.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Gelo, and Gunna.

Although Doechii’s re-released fan favorite, “Anxiety,” isn’t technically a new song, I think it’s still pretty fair to share. It’s emblematic of the music scene as a whole, where an old SoundCloud track can be re-released to widespread fanfare — and hopefully put those pesky “industry plant” rumors to rest, once and for all.

Meanwhile, the strict lines between hip-hop and other genres — indeed, between parallel yet separate career paths — have blurred more than ever, as seen with Gelo’s new follow-up to the viral “Tweaker,” the GloRilla-featuring “Can You Please?”

Another big change? A guy like Gunna can shrug off snitch speculation and drop a potential hit with a longtime collaborator in Turbo with “Classy Girl.”

And even the barriers between regions — whether those are disparate segments of the United States or completely different countries — are coming down, thanks to artists like Hanumankind. He reps both Texas and India on “Run It Up,” combining sounds into a rebellious anthem that makes this writer want to run through a wall.

Here is the best of hip-hop this week ending March 7, 2025.

Albums/EPs/Mixtapes

6ix — Homebody

Speaking of artists who push boundaries, 6ix — best known as Logic’s go-to producer — makes his solo debut, along with a slew of MCs from across hip-hop. Seemingly everybody you’d think of when you say “indie rap’s finest” is represented here, from 6ix’s fellow DMVers Adé and Logic to California mainstays like Blu, Buddy, and Guapdad 4000 to Toronto standouts ToBi and Jazz Cartier.

Fredo Bang & TEC — 8 Legged Gorilla

First of all, that artwork is [chef’s kiss]. Fredo’s long been one of my go-to “pain rap” purveyors. Teaming up with fellow Louisiana native TEC, Fredo sounds reenergized, the two rappers feeding on each other’s energy for 12 breezy tracks awash in skittering 808s and bayou drawl. It’s a statewide affair, as well; guests include B.G., Jaydayoungan, Kevin Gates, and Rob49.

Icewear Vezzo — Undefeated

Just when Rio da Young OG’s recent release from jail had me wondering where his longtime partner-in-rhyme Icewear Vezzo had been hiding, the Motor City motivator pops out with an eight-song EP to follow-up his 2024 album Live From The 6.

KenTheMan — Kinda Famous

That Houston water produces some of the music business’s slickest women in rap. While Megan Thee Stallion racks up headlines and Monaleo looks poised to blow up soon, you can’t overlook KenTheMan, who returns with her first full-length since 2021’s What’s My Name, following up 2023 EP Back To 304’n. Kinda Famous marks a reset for the rapper, who is newly independent and determined to capitalize on the goodwill she built up with her prior projects the old-school Texas way.

Singles/Videos

21 Lil Harold — “The Realest”

21 Lil Harold takes a step back from the Savage-inspired street threats that have defined much of his output to date, opting for a more soulful, introspective angle on the “The Realest” sh*t he ever wrote. Nothing but facts.

Lady London — “Is You Krazy?”

Hitmaka’s quest for a “pretty female rapper that’s strictly about bars” from a few years ago brought him together with Lady London, who has since paid off his patience with a string of releases that prove she’s just as adept as anybody with the pen. “Is You Krazy?” is a bouncy, hypnotic “shake off the haters” anthem, full of brass — both in London’s witty boasts and Hitmaka’s snazzy beat.

Samara Cyn — “Pop N Olive” Feat. Sherwyn

If you’ve been reading the column for a while, you might know that Samara Cyn is one of my favorite up-and-coming artists at the moment. I fully expect a big breakout in the very near future for the Murfreesboro, Tennessee native. In the meantime, she’s stretching her creative wings, trying something different from the murky raps of her breakout project The Drive Home, but eminently listenable.

Swank & King Draft — “Wait A Minute”

Shout-out to 9th Wonder for putting me on. The Jamla Records signees are just starting out, but this freestyle over Ray J’s 2001 Neptunes-produced hit is one hell of an introduction. Consider me intrigued.

At this point, it’s not surprising to see Snoop Dogg pop up just about anywhere. This past summer, he was all over the Olympics, and a few months later, he was on ESPN. Well, folks in Nashville were in for yet another Snoop surprise this weekend.

As Billboard notes, on March 9, Snoop made a surprise appearance at Losers Bar & Grill, a 500-capacity venue in the Tennessee city. Naturally, Snoop performed “Gin And Juice.”

The venue shared a clip from the performance on Instagram and wrote, “You never know who might hop up on stage. This Life Ain’t For Everybody!” Country singer-songwriter Ernest was also there, and he shared some photos and videos of Snoop on Instagram.

Meanwhile, T-Pain recently credited Snoop for making Auto-Tune “cool” in mainstream music, saying, “It was only resistance, until somebody cool did it. Who did that? Who made it cool? Snoop. Snoop did it, and it was totally fine. Everybody was like, you know, ‘OK, I guess we can listen to it’ [laughs].”

In other news regarding things Snoop likes, he named is dream blunt rotation in a recent interview, saying, “I really want to smoke with and do a record with Sade. I think we would have a nice time smoking and then going right into a session that Dr. Dre produced.” He also added Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan to the list.

Welcome to the Crumbl Cookie report! This marks the second week of Crumbl’s new “dessert of the month” initiative, and we’re a little torn on whether or not this is a good idea. Now, we’re happy Crumbl is offering fewer cookies week-to-week, allowing the store to focus on quality control. And we’re sure that having a dessert that remains unchanged every week streamlines the workload, but we still miss the days when the roster featured just six cookies.

When the roster was shorter, it felt like each cookie offered something fresh and exciting; now, it seems like there is a lot of flavor overlap. Also, save for a few cookies, this week has a lot of stuff we saw just a couple of months ago, which is maddening when we know Crumbl has so many more recipes they haven’t brought back in some time.

Oh well, our job isn’t to pick the cookies, it’s to rank them, so let’s get on with it. Here is every cookie at Crumbl this week, ranked from least to most essential.

7. Key Lime Pie

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

My major gripe with key lime pie, in general, is that a single slice is overwhelming. It’s like cheesecake on steroids. That’s what I love about Crumbl’s take on the dessert — it’s the perfect serving.

Crumbl’s Key Lime features a zesty, tangy, and tart lime base with a crumbly and sweet graham cracker crust and is topped with whipped cream and graham cracker dust. It’s tart, silky smooth, and a bit refreshing. For whatever reason, each time I order this dessert, Crumbl forgets to add the lime wedge garnish. I won’t hold it against them, but it makes for a less presentable pie.

The Bottom Line:

The perfect way to enjoy Key Lime Pie. Delicious, tart, and refreshing, without ever being overwhelming.

6. Milk Chocolate Chip

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

I won’t waste too much of your time talking about this bi-weekly cookie. Here is what you need to know: It offers the perfect blend of brown sugar, butter, and sweet milk chocolate. It features a soft chew, and an explosion of chocolatey goodness with every bite.

The Bottom Line:

This might be the best chocolate chip cookie you’ve ever had. It’s that good.

5. Cookies & Cream Brownie

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

We wonder if Crumbl’s designated “Dessert of the Month,” will ever top our list. Two weeks in and it hasn’t happened yet, but don’t let that dissuade you — this dessert is downright delicious.

It features a luxurious dark chocolate base, a generous layer of buttercream, a heavy drizzle of chocolate ganache, and crushed cookies and cream cookies for an extra bit of texture and sweetness.

The brownie base provides that perfectly baked balance of crunch and moist gooeyness. The fact that it’s going to be available all month does make it come across a bit less essential though.

The Bottom Line:

If you’re looking for a rich brownie that delivers big flavors, the Cookies & Cream Brownie is for you. But you also have two full weeks to order it still, so walk, don’t run.

4. Pink Doughnut

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Crumbl’s Pink Doughnut will always have a special place in my heart because it reminds me of the doughnuts in The Simpsons. And, you know, it’s delicious, which certainly helps further endear this cookie to me.

This cookie features a sweet vanilla base topped with a thick layer of sugar pink glaze, and decorative rainbow sprinkles. It’s tasty, sweet, and subtly floral, but technically, you’re getting less cookie here. What are they doing with the holes?

The Bottom Line:

A gimmick, but a delicious one, so we’re willing to look past the fact that this is an excuse for Crumbl to sell you less cookie for the same amount of money.

3. Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookie

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

If you like cheesecake for a bite or two but can’t handle the richness of a full slice, the Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookie offers similar flavors in a more inviting form factor.

This cookie features a crumbly graham cracker cookie base, a thin layer of cheesecake frosting, a heavy serving of caramel, and a touch of sea salt. Sounds almost like a cheesecake, but the ratio of graham cracker to frosting is skewed, offering much more of the former, which makes this cookie way more palatable.

Instead, the cheesecake frosting works as a subtle top not, you still get that rich tang you associate with cheesecake, but in a much smaller dose. I actually prefer this to a regular slice of cheesecake!

The Bottom Line:

If your issue with cheesecake is that it’s too rich and tangy, this cookie-shaped take on the dessert remedies some of that by putting more emphasis on the sweet honey graham cracker notes.

2. Kentucky Butter Cake

Thoughts & Tasting Note:

This deceptively boring cookie is one of Crumbl’s all-time bests. It’s like eating a perfect piece of cornbread but way more moist and much sweeter.

As soon as you bite into this cookie, it melts in your mouth as a strong buttery tone dominates your taste buds. The cookie is topped with powdered sugar, which serves as a nice sweet counterbalance to the rich buttery tones.

The Bottom Line:

It might look boring, but the Kentucky Butter Cake delivers where it matters most — flavor. This cookie is downright addictive. It’s richer and more buttery than the best shortbread cookie you’ve ever had.

1. Rocky Road

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Perfect. There isn’t any other word that could describe this cookie. The Rocky Road cookie features a rich, sweet, dark cocoa base with a generous serving of almonds, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and marshmallows embedded throughout and on top of the cookie.

Every bite offers a perfect bouquet of rich, decadent, sweet, textural, and nutty flavors. I have one complaint, and it’s a small one. There isn’t nearly as much marshmallow as I’d like. Look how different my cookie looks from what Crumbl advertises! But here is the thing, more marshmallows would lessen how rich and luxurious this cookie tastes, so while I want more, I’m not sure that it would actually improve the cookie.

The Bottom Line:

Crumbl’s best cookie this week. Each bite is a rich, decadent, textural, and luxurious delight.

Find your nearest Crumbl here.

The quarterback carousel in the NFL got moving over the weekend with Geno Smith being traded to the Raiders and kept on rolling on Monday as the legal tampering window of free agency opened. Sam Darnold is replacing Smith in Seattle on a three-year deal, while the former employer of both Darnold and Smith, the New York Jets, was also in the market for a new QB after parting ways with Aaron Rodgers earlier this offseason.

According to Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport, the Jets will be bringing in former Bears and Steelers quarterback Justin Fields on a two-year deal worth $40 million, with $30 million guaranteed. It’s a nice pay day for Fields, who started the first six games of the season for the Steelers and led them to a 4-2 record before Russell Wilson returned from injury. Fields’ production as a passer wasn’t spectacular — 65.8 completion percentage for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception — but it was solid and he added 289 yards and five touchdowns on the ground.

His running ability will certainly be a new element for the Jets after having Aaron Rodgers under center last year, and the Jets will hope pairing Fields with his former teammate at Ohio State, Garrett Wilson, can quickly get him comfortable in the passing game. It’s not a huge gamble by the Jets considering it’s just a two-year deal, but it is more money than most anticipated being out there for Fields off just six games as a starter last year. If it works and Fields manages to pop, the Jets will have found their QB of the future, but if he doesn’t put it together as a passer this year, they will likely be back on the QB hunt next offseason.

Medical dramas never went away, but as with spy shows, a crop of particularly viral shows recently refused to be ignored. For example, ABC’s Doctor Odyssey puts Ryan Murphy’s brand of camp onto a cruise ship. NBC’s Brilliant Minds finally pushes Zachary Quinto firmly out of his villain track. And Max’s The Pitt reaffirmed how much people really dig watching Noah Wyle in scrubs with scripts that make The Bear seem like a chill bingewatch.

The Pitt has already been renewed for a second season, but that won’t surface overnight, obviously. Let’s open up the file on what to expect from Netflix’s upcoming medical drama, Pulse.

Plot

Expect some soap opera flair, for starters. The show’s trailer begins with the revelation of an affair between Danielle “Danny” Sims (Willa Fitzgerald) and Zander Phillips (Colin Woodell), who are colleagues in Miami’s most hectic Level 1 Trauma Center. Long story short there, it appears that the fallout includes Danny being made Chief Resident after Xander’s suspension. Surely, that will be awkward although enjoyable to watch, but even better? Fitzgerald has landed herself a fine gig after departing Reacher (as fan-favorite Roscoe Conklin) and earning twisted screen-queen acclaim for Strange Darling.

This series won’t be entirely about romance, however. Expect to see customary life-or-death situations and the complications presented by a natural disaster. The full-fledged physicians and residents on staff will otherwise need to balance their personal and professional messes to keep patients going.

Let’s roll into the synopsis:

As a hurricane barrels towards Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center, third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) is unexpectedly thrust into a promotion when beloved Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell) is suspended. Amid the worsening storm and an onslaught of trauma cases, the hospital goes into lockdown, and Danny and Phillips must find a way to work together – even as the bombshell details of a complicated and illicit romance between them begin to spill out. The rest of the ER is left to process the fallout of their relationship while balancing their own challenges, both personal and professional, as they work under the pressure of life-or-death stakes. Because for this tight-knit group of doctors, saving their patients’ lives is often less complicated than living their own.

Another highlight of this series should be Jessie T. Usher, finally shedding his Supe costume in exchange for some scrubs. Does this mean anything for A-Train’s presence in The Boys‘ fifth season? Perhaps he might be on hand less already due to leaving The Seven, but Usher was seen on set and confirmed to return for the Prime Video/Amazon show’s final season. His role in Pulse, however, remains relatively mysterious other than knowing that he portrays a doctor named Sam Elijah.

Cast

Pulse stars not only Willa Fitzgerald and Jessie T. Usher but also Justina Machado (One Day At A Time), Colin Woodell (The Continental), and Jack Bannon (Pennyworth).

Release Date

Netflix will stream the ten-episode first season of Pulse on April 3.

Trailer

Let the high tension begin.