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About Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen is a Brooklyn-based TV producer, director and award-winning music journalist. He’s interviewed the likes of Quincy Jones, Jill Scott, Smokey Robinson and more for publications such as Ebony, Jet, The Root, Village Voice, Wax Poetics, Revive Music and Soulhead. His video work can be seen on PBS/All Arts, Brooklyn Free Speech TV and .BRIC TV.

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Crime Dallas Featured August 1, 2021

Texas police release statement on shoot-out near Dallas captured in viral video

A video of a February shoot-out between police officers and a citizen in a Dallas suburb has gone viral on...

Baltimore Crime Featured Local News August 1, 2021

Baltimore woman arrested after niece, nephew bodies discovered in trunk

The bodies of a girl and boy were found in the trunk of a Baltimore woman’s car during what first...

Black History Featured Local News August 1, 2021

Reburial of exhumed bodies from Tulsa massacre sparks protests

Residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma are in an uproar over the city’s reburial of remains believed to be of more than...

Featured August 1, 2021

The top 10 best Black artists of the MTV era

On Aug. 1, 1981, a new cultural and artistic revolution commenced with the introduction of the Music Television network, otherwise...

Entertainment Featured Television July 31, 2021

Fox teases new drama ‘Our Kind Of People’ starring Yaya DaCosta, with first trailer

A new Black drama series is heading to Fox this fall with Lee Daniels at the helm. Deadline reports that...

Featured Health July 31, 2021

New Orleans mayor mandates masks, city employees be vaccinated as COVID surge strains EMS

On Friday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced new mandates in the city that people wear face masks and all...

Featured Politics Top Stories July 31, 2021

Rep. Cori Bush sleeps outside U.S. Capitol in protest of eviction moratorium expiration

On Friday, Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush stated that she would sleep outside of the U.S. Capitol building after Congress adjourned...

Black History Featured Top Stories July 25, 2021

Emmett Till’s birthday to be honored by two Mississippi museums

July 25 would have been Emmett Till’s 80th birthday. To commemorate his life, two museums in Mississippi, the state where...

AFRO-LATINX Change the World Featured Top Stories July 25, 2021

Miami activists call out Florida Gov. DeSantis over anti-riot law

Several Black community activists in Miami, Florida, are calling for a repeal of an anti-riot law by Governor Ron DeSantis....

Featured July 25, 2021

Second annual Black Trans Lives Matter rally held in Baltimore

On Saturday, the second annual Black Trans Lives Matter took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Several transgender activists came together to...

Atlanta Crime Featured Local News July 24, 2021

Bryan Anthony Rhoden charged with 15 criminal counts for triple murder on Georgia golf course

Bryan Anthony Rhoden has been hit with 15 counts of criminal charges in connection with the July 3 murder of...

Celebs Featured Local News July 24, 2021

Arson suspected in fire of mansion reportedly owned by Beyoncé, Jay-Z

Wednesday, a New Orleans mansion believed to be owned by Beyoncé and Jay-Z caught fire. The incident is now being...

Entertainment Featured Television July 24, 2021

Maria Taylor signs with NBC after parting ways with ESPN

On Wednesday, Maria Taylor announced that after eight years, she was not going to resign with ESPN. By Friday, the...

Atlanta Crime Featured July 18, 2021

Atlanta police arrest 3 suspected of homophobic abuse of child in viral video

On Saturday, three people were arrested in connection with a viral video that captured a child being hit and verbally...

Business Featured July 18, 2021

Detroit tech entrepreneurs win $1 million from Pharrell’s Black Ambition project

Pharrell Williams has named Black tech entrepreneurs Justin Turk and Andre Davis the grand prize recipients of his Black Ambition...

Business Featured July 18, 2021

Serena Williams backs credit-building fintech Esusu for renters

Serena Williams may not be playing much tennis this summer, but she is still keeping busy. The tennis superstar recently...

Entertainment Featured Music July 17, 2021

Dispute over James Brown’s estate nears agreement nearly 15 years after his death

When legendary music icon James Brown died on Christmas Day in 2006, not only did he leave behind a catalog...

Entertainment Featured Music July 17, 2021

Celebs mourn the death of hip-hop legend Biz Markie

Friends and fans are mourning the loss of hip-hop pioneer Biz Markie, who died on Friday at age 57 after...

Featured Politics July 17, 2021

Nation pays tribute to John Lewis one year after civil rights icon’s death

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis. People and organizations...

Entertainment Featured July 16, 2021

Biz Markie, hip-hop pioneer, is dead at 57

Biz Markie, the jovial rapper, DJ and beatboxer dubbed as the “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,” has died at age 57....