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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January 31, 2021
Video footage surfaced last week of a man hitting and abusing his children on a subway platform in New York…
January 31, 2021
A group of protesters blocking the entrance to the premises forced the site to close down temporarily Saturday.
January 31, 2021
The police chief and a patrolman of the Hamilton Police Department in Georgia are out of a job after using…
January 30, 2021
This is the second year in a row that the popular multi-weekend music festival was canceled due to the coronavirus…
January 30, 2021
The two-time Grammy-winning artist posted to her Twitter page Saturday that her son was born nine days prior on Jan…
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany thegrio.com
January 30, 2021
The New York Times reports that some ex-Trump staffers who stayed with the president through the end are slow to…
January 30, 2021
In the midst of a discussion on Black oppression, the R&B singer exclaimed that Mexicans and Jewish people are also…
January 24, 2021
Rep. Madison Cawthorn was unable to adequately make his case when challenged by CNN's Pamela Brown on voter fraud claims.
January 24, 2021
Several Harlem residents rallied in support of a Black woman who was attacked outside of a liquor store by three…
January 24, 2021
During a street race in downtown Tacoma, Washington on Saturday night, a police officer ran over pedestrians.
January 23, 2021
California AG Xavier Becerra announced the probe on Friday citing 'serious concerns' over accountability at the LA Sheriff's Department.
Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021
January 23, 2021
Three members of Oath Keepers, all U.S. veterans, allegedly used radio to update each other on the location of lawmakers…
January 23, 2021
President Trump and lawyer Jeffrey Clark were devising a plan to have Clark replace acting attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen.
January 17, 2021
Withdays left under the Trump presidency, a new poll shows that Americans are ready for the GOP to move on…
Morehouse thegrio.com
January 17, 2021
Jalen Brown was fortunate enough to have attended two prestigious HBCUs, just not under the most desirable circumstances.
January 17, 2021
When VP-elect Kamala Harris takes the oath of office Wednesday, she will be sworn in by the first woman of…
January 16, 2021
The suit said the athletic association systemically leaves HBCU athletic programs out of playoff contention with several academic rules
January 16, 2021
Jenna Ryan, who flew in a private jet to Washington, D.C. in support of President Donald Trump, was arraigned for…
Karl-Anthony Towns thegrio.com
January 16, 2021
The NBA has postponed three games, including a match-up between Towns' Minnesota Twins and Memphis Grizzlies, due to virus transmissions.
January 10, 2021
"My sister didn't breach security, she made a U-turn and she was ultimately gunned down," Valarie Carey said of her…