Nicki Minaj took over The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday.

The dynamic pop star joined Leno for a chat before she rocked the house with a performance of “Pound The Alarm.”

Minaj is currently touring in support of her successful sophomore release, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded."

It’s the singer’s first headlining tour, after she used to be the opening act for Britney Spears and Lil Wayne.

“It’s always really nerve wracking, because you never know if people are going to be like, ‘OK, get off the stage, psycho person that I don’t know,’” said Minaj. “So I was always in a rush to get off stage.”

Despite her fears, Nicki never really received a super negative reaction from those crowds. “Interestingly enough, I never got it, I mean sometime you feel it but it’s always scary,” she said.

Minaj plays show this week in Chicago (Mon), Detroit (Tue), Cleveland (Thu), Washington, DC (Sat) and Atlanta (Sun).








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