Ganja Burn  "Ganja Burn" is a song recorded by American rapper Nicki Minaj for her fourth studio album, "Queen" (2018). It was written by Minaj, Jairus Mozee, and Jeremy Reid; while its production was done by the latter. "Ganja Burn" is a reggae-inspired Reggae fusion song, that lyrically finds Minaj defending her position in the music industry, while sending a message about other female rappers. To promote it, an accompanying music video for the song directed by Mert and Marcus was released on August 13. On August 10, 2018, Minaj revealed the final tracklist for her fourth studio album, "Queen", that included a song titled "Ganja Burn" as the opening track. It premiered a few hours later as part of the album on all major music platforms. To promote it, as well as the 18 other tracks from the album, Minaj played the song live on her Beats 1 "Queen Radio" show with Zane Lowe, and tried to explain the message behind it. The song was originally intended to be titled "Ganja Burn", however when submitting the track listing, Minaj accidentally wrote "Burns" instead. It has since been fixed on iTunes and Spotify. Some lyrics quoted from the track were printed on the "Queen" merchandise. "Ganja Burn" is a reggae-inspired island-pop song. It uses a mid-tempo beat, that was described by "The Atlantic" as "evoking a beach party ruined by a cold snap." Minaj's recording engineer Big Juice explained the making process of the song saying, "[Minaj] probably freestyled 65%, 75% of the song. She got the beat from her producer J. Reid, head it, told me to load it up and ran in the booth. It was kind of the same with "Chun-Li". She was playing around, singing, “Ganja burn, ganja burn, ganja burn,” and then when she listened back, she was like, "that shit's hard!" I wanna say the hook is still the freestyle she laid when she first stepped in the booth. She pulled that shit out of thin air." Lyrically, Minaj uses word play to defend her position in the music industry, "You made one dope beat, now you Kanye?/You got a nigga named Jay, now you 'Yoncé?/You got about three stacks, now you André?/...You gotta have real skill, gotta work for that," while sending a message about other female rappers in the music industry.