[5] After he previously competed on American Idol during Season 4 in 2005, at age 19, Daye established himself as a songwriter and background vocalist between 2008- 2018.

[6] On November 9, 2018, he released his first EP, I, which was part of a series leading up to his debut studio album Painted.

[10] On May 24th, 2019, Lucky Daye released his debut album, which consisted of all of the songs from his EPs I and II plus the final four additional tracks.

In October 2018, Lucky Daye announced that he was signed to the RCA joint venture Keep Cool, and released his first single called "Roll Some Mo".

In a 2019 interview with 2DopeBoyz, Lucky reveals that the song single "Karma" from his debut album is dedicated to a friend of his that committed suicide.

In a 2020 interview with "Nation of Billions", he states, "...on ‘Concentrate’ I had a friend who I would spend time with and we started getting creative cos he did music too.