Marlon Asher Celebrates 20 Years Of ‘Ganja Farmer’ With New EP

Trinidad singer Marlon Asher is marking the 20th anniversary of his ganja anthem, Ganja Farmer, with a new seven-track EP centered on the song’s legacy and its modern-day reach.

The Ganja Farmer EP, released in collaboration with VAS Productions, features the remastered original alongside new tracks and collaborations with Masicka, Prince Swanny, and Major Seven.

According to the release, the EP is a “reimagining” of the record that helped define Asher’s career, while connecting the original song’s themes to a new era of cannabis legalization, commercialization, and Caribbean music’s global spread.

“The EP explores the journey of the farmer in a modern world where legalization, exploitation, and corporate influence now reshape the very culture he once fought to protect,” the release added. “It captures both the celebration of progress and the tension of transformation.”

The tracklist includes Ganjaman (Ganjaville Riddim), Ganja Farmer (Remastered), In The Hills featuring Masicka, Uncle featuring Prince Swanny, Marijuana, Ganja Palace featuring Major Seven, and Strictly High Grade.

A video for Ganjaman premiered on Saturday (May 16).

First released in the mid-2000s, Ganja Farmer became Asher’s signature song and one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most recognizable reggae exports. The song was crafted with producer Carl “Beaver” Henderson and Geron “Gee” Woodruffe, who helped shape its unusual groove and international rollout.

In a November interview with Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Asher described himself before the song as “just a construction worker who could sing,” while Henderson said the track’s rhythm was not straight reggae but “soca music played at 80 BPM with a reggae singer.”

Asher has said that the song’s staying power came from its story and connection to people beyond the Caribbean.

“When I first made the song, it was personal—it told a story that needed to be heard,” he told the Trinidad Express last year. “But over time, it’s grown beyond me. It’s the people’s song now.”

The song gained another boost in 2025 when Burna Boy sampled it on 28 Grams, a track from his album No Sign of Weakness. Asher, Henderson, and Woodruffe were credited on the song, with the sample cleared through Atlantic Records and the original creators’ publishing team.

Stream the Ganjafarmer EP below.