Barsh was the recipient of two 2015 BMI Awards, the US R&B Hip-Hop award and the London Pop Award. He was a nominee for the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter Award at the 2014 Soul Train Awards. His composition "Black Spiderman" was Awarded a 2017 MTV Video Music award for "Best Fight Against the System." Though never an official Grammy Award nominee, Barsh’s work as a composer and keyboardist has received 3 Grammy Awards out of 8 nominations. He was awarded a 2000 Downbeat Magazine Student Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist.