Last night, in aid of her new album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded‘, Pop belle Nicki Minaj joined Nokia for the launch of their new Smartphone- the Nokia Lumia 900.

Taking over New York’s Times Square for the evening, Minaj rocked the city with a set of her latest material armed with DJ Diamond Kutz, her hype man Safaree Samuels and ever growing fan base.

All the action below…

What a difference five years can make.

Sure, while her rise to the top was inevitable- courtesy of her airtight marketing strategy- who could have guessed that the girl in the clip below would go on to become a household name, standing alongside Beyonce & Rihanna as one of Pop culture’s reigning women of color.

But what do you think?

Did she do a good job?