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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July 19, 2020
Roger Stone, the Trump associate who was recently convicted of lying to Congress, lobbed a racial slur after being pressed…
July 19, 2020
One suspect in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case is now the subject of a sex-crime investigation in Georgia, according to…
July 19, 2020
August Alsina gets a say in the wake of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith's head-turning "Red Table Talk" on…
Tamar Braxton thegrio.com
July 18, 2020
As singer Tamar Braxton recovers from an apparent suicide attempt, an email accusing the network of driving her suicidal thoughts…
Bubba Wallace theGrio.com
July 18, 2020
Bubba Wallace, the lone top-tier Black driver in NASCAR, has received much backlash for leading the cause to get the…
July 18, 2020
President Barack Obama paid tribute to John Lewis on Saturday saying that the late civil rights leader inspired him to…
July 18, 2020
President Donald Trump sat down with veteran journalist Chris Wallace for a "Fox News Sunday" interview, which will air in…
July 18, 2020
The Trump administration blocked the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from a congressional hearing on reopening…
July 18, 2020
As demonstrations against police brutality continue across the country, the federal government is finding new ways to deter protesters in…
Tucker Carlson theGrio.com
July 11, 2020
Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" just lost its top writer in Blake Neff, who was revealed to have posted sexist…
Trump theGrio.com
July 11, 2020
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he recently took a battery of cognitive tests and passed them with flying colors.…
Meghan McCain
July 11, 2020
The CEO of Goya Foods came under fire for his support of President Donald Trump. Calls for a boycott drew…
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
July 11, 2020
President Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric appears to be starting to catch up with him as several senators announced plans to…
July 11, 2020
Newly released surveilance footage shows actress Naya Rivera arriving with her son to a California lake hours before she was…
Janelle Monae
July 5, 2020
Singer Janelle Monae has long been an advocate of equal rights, and has never been shy on her stances against…
July 5, 2020
Shannon LaNier, a descendant of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, dressed as his ancestor for a photo shoot published in Smithsonian…
July 5, 2020
A group of mostly Black and mostly armed protesters descended on Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta Saturday to stage a…
July 5, 2020
The Revolutionary Communist Party organized a flag burning to protest the Trump administration, chanting "America was never great" on July…
July 5, 2020
While many people believe that President Donald Trump sympathizes with white supremacy, a former white supremacist says he believes it…
coronavirus thegrio.com
July 4, 2020
As the state of Florida sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, an 11-year-old boy has become the youngest person to…