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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October 18, 2020
Scam artists are posing as political action committees in emails in an effort to steal the personal information of voters.
October 13, 2020
The Boys and Girls Club of America awarded Josias R. with their annual Youth of the Year Award with the…
October 12, 2020
Ice Cube, Tiffany Haddish and Don Peebles and April Ryan joined this week's installment of theGrio's "Vote For Your Life"…
October 11, 2020
NBC's SNL tackled last week's vice president debate in its cold opening Saturday, focusing on disruptions, facial expressions and flies.
October 11, 2020
The film adaptation examines the history of Black motorists from the Depression to the height of the Civil Rights movement…
October 11, 2020
Greenwood, which draws it name from Black Wall Street, plans to support minority entrepreneurs when it launches in January.
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October 11, 2020
"We are living in a very different time" and "we realize that life is too short, and to never take…
October 11, 2020
Amy Ford, a West Virginia nurse, was arrested on Saturday after shooting a woman in the stomach in her hometown.
October 10, 2020
UNC Asheville was placed under a shelter-in-place order after threatening emails bemoaning a Black Lives matter mural were sent to…
Jay-Z thegrio.com
October 10, 2020
The billionaire rapper and Roc Nation's social justice arm paid bond and fees for Cole's mother, sisters and several demonstrators.
October 10, 2020
The children of Pedro Cano claim the meatpacking facility their father worked at did not take steps to prevent coronavirus…
October 10, 2020
During a candidate forum Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham implied that Black American's safety depended on their political party affiliation.
October 5, 2020
During theGrio's Vote For Your Life panel, Bishop T.D. Jakes discussed the importance for Black Americans to vote on Nov.…
October 4, 2020
TheGrio's weekly panel, "Vote For Your Life," featured a new selection of voices to discuss the ramifications of the forthcoming…
October 1, 2020
Byron Allen was joined by friends Stevie Wonder, April Ryan, John Legend and Jamie Foxx for theGrio's weekly series "Vote…
September 27, 2020
The witness initially said officers did not announce themselves before executing a no-knock warrant on Breonna Taylor's home.
September 27, 2020
Shawn Myers hosted two parties that attracted crowds as much as six times the gathering limits set by the governor…
September 27, 2020
While much of the world has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, multiple nations in Africa have managed to…
September 27, 2020
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made his first public political endrosement in what he calls the "most critical election" in decades.
September 27, 2020
NeNe Leakes made the suggestion while responding to a fan's tweet Saturday morning asking if Bravo "forced you out."