[4] Blade was the Blues First Place Winner of the American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest.

[3] "The Unloveable" appeared as the opening track on Blade's six-track EP demo, Misery, which was released on May 8, 2020.

[6] Also in 2020, Blade released his a cappella single "The 'Karen' Blues", which musician Adeem the Artist described as "witty and biting".

[16] The song appeared on Blade's third studio album, Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper, which was released a month later.

[18] Blade was the Blues First Place Winner of the American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest.