Ghanaian actress and socialite Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, has revealed that she once paid people to insult her on social media as a strategy to gain public attention.
Speaking on Joy Prime’s Changes on Tuesday, July 23, 2025, Poloo said that during the early stages of her career, media interest in her work was virtually nonexistent.
“At first when I started, I was paying for people to insult me for about a year. I’ve been in the game and no one calls me and I was not getting anything,” she told host Roselyn Felli.
“But after that, people were calling me for interviews, skin care deals. Stars would call me to dance or twerk on their songs and they would pay me. Even Fameye was giving me GH¢5,000 to twerk on his song.”
According to her, the plan worked—boosting her popularity and earning her opportunities in the entertainment industry. Musicians began paying her to promote their songs through dancing and twerking videos, which she said also helped her financially.
She cited musician Fameye as one of the artistes who paid her for promotional work.
Reflecting on her early acting career, Poloo said she was once paid as little as GH¢20 for certain roles. However, she noted that her involvement with GBC’s Obra series came with better pay, thanks to veteran actress Maame Dokono.
“As for the acting, GH¢20. With GBC, they were giving me something better because of legendary Maame Dokono—she was taking good care of us, but with the others, it was GH¢20,” she recounted.
Source: Joy Entertainment
