“blood on the leaves” is a drill song by up-and-coming Virginia rapper, yvngxchris. It was first previewed through June, 29, 2021 through a now-deleted video on his old TikTok account.

Produced by 2300 Beats, the song samples “Strange Fruit” by Nina Simone, a cover of Billie Holiday’s song of the same title. The song is a story about the lynching of African Americans that took place during the Jim Crow Era. Chris apologized through now-deleted TikTok videos for using the sample and announced that he would no longer be releasing the song.

After facing many hardships, finally on October 29, 2021, yvngxchris announced through an Instagram post that the song would finally be releasing on October 31, 2021. He also announced that ​SSGKobe’s verse would be featured in the remix for the song.