It was originally released in August 22, 2015 from his Summer Songs EP, before being re-released on March 9, 2016, as a remix featuring American rappers Quavo, Skippa da Flippa and Young Thug as the second single from Yachty's debut mixtape, Lil Boat.

[2] The original version of "Minnesota" was 2:05 long and only included vocals from Lil Yachty.

[3] The song was then remixed by rappers, Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa and Young Thug and was included on his debut mixtape Lil Boat.

[citation needed] The music video for "Minnesota", directed by Brendan Vaughan and RJ Sanchez, premiered on November 18, 2016, via Yachty's Vevo channel.

[5] On July 8, 2016, rapper and singer PnB Rock released his remix of the song titled "Alaska" via his SoundCloud.