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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August 1, 2021
Protests took place on Friday outside of Oaklawn Cemetery, the Tulsa, Oklahoma site where bodies were exhumed last year.
August 1, 2021
MTV turns 40 on August 1. Here is a list of the ten Black artists who dominated the era even…
The National Women's History Museum's 8th Annual Women Making History Awards
July 31, 2021
The new Fox show 'Our Kind of People' starring Yaya DaCosta based on the book by Lawrence Otis Graham dropped…
July 31, 2021
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced new mandates in the city that people wear face masks and all city employees…
Rep. Cori Bush Sleeps Outside Capitol Building In Push To Extend Federal Eviction Moratorium
July 31, 2021
Rep. Cori Bush stayed on the Capitol steps overnight to protest the end of the eviction moratorium saying she's experienced…
July 25, 2021
Emmett Till is being honored today on what would have been his 80th birthday. The Chicago teen was killed in…
Florida Governor DeSantis Holds Roundtable On Cuba In Miami
July 25, 2021
Activists in Miami say that a new law, HB1 is aimed at criminalizing protest and protesters and has been selectively…
Brooklyn Liberation Group Marches To Protect Trans Youth
July 25, 2021
A rally in Baltimore hopes to increase advocacy, safety and support for the Black transgender and non-binary conforming population.
July 24, 2021
Bryan Anthony Rhoden has been hit with 15 criminal charges in a triple homicide on a a Georgia golf course.
Milwaukee Bucks v Brooklyn Nets - Game One
July 24, 2021
A New Orleans home believed to be owned by Jay Z and BeyoncĂ© caught on fire this week and is…
July 24, 2021
A few days after Maria Taylor announced she would not return to ESPN, she was hired at NBC to cover…
July 18, 2021
Three people were arrested in connection with a viral video that captured a child being hit and verbally taunted over…
July 18, 2021
Pharrell Williams has named Black tech entrepreneurs Justin Turk and Andre Davis the grand prize recipients of his Black Ambition…
July 18, 2021
Tennis star Serena Williams said she invested in Esusu because of its mission to empower people by reporting rent payments…
July 17, 2021
Ongoing disputes over James Brown's will and estate are finally resolved nearly 15 years after the music legend's death.
July 17, 2021
Friends and fans mourn the loss of hip-hop pioneer Biz Markie, who died on Friday at age 57 after a…
Rep. John Lewis thegrio.com
July 17, 2021
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis.
July 16, 2021
Biz Markie, the jovial rapper, DJ and beatboxer dubbed as "Clown Prince of Hip-Hop," is dead at 57. A family…
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
July 13, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones talks to theGrio about her new position at Howard University and what's next for the 1619 Project.
attorney Jennifer Bonjean, Bill Cosby, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt
July 10, 2021
Bill Cosby is a free man after two years in prison. Now the comedian is looking to receive reparations for…