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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May 16, 2020
The New York State Department of Health partnered with Northwell Health to provide dozens of COVID-19 testing sites for communities…
May 16, 2020
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is putting the decision to sign with a new team in the hands of his fans…
May 16, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic dashed their plans, Elaine Welteroth created a back-up “virtual quarantine wedding” with her fiance on their…
May 16, 2020
The video capturing the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by Travis and George McMichael in Georgia has captured national spotlight and sparked discourse…
May 16, 2020
Georgia law enforcement have opened up a homicide investigation after two sisters were found dead under a bridge in the…
May 16, 2020
Lawyers for New York Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar say they have witness affidavits proving…
May 12, 2020
White people rallied together in protest of stay-at-home orders, but behind almost all white American protests is the bewildering presence…
May 10, 2020
Antonio Mariot Wilson, who met Jenifer Lewis at a gym he managed, pled guilty to a federal wire fraud charge…
May 10, 2020
The popular Verzuz music battles on Instagram Live have become the go-to online event. Nelly and Ludacris are rumored to be…
May 10, 2020
A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina is facing charges after leading a throng of armed white people to the home…
May 10, 2020
Betty Wright, a Grammy Award-winning soul singer, has passed away at the age of 66. She is best known for "Clean…
May 10, 2020
Video footage of the fatal shooting of jogger Ahmaud Arbery in a southeast Georgia neighborhood that is circulating the web was…
Tyra Banks thegrio.com
May 9, 2020
Tyra Banks took to Twitter Friday to address critics of her conduct on past episodes of the popular reality TV…
May 9, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts announced earlier this week it is collaborating with Massachusetts on a $500,000 fund for diversity.
Tekashi 6ix9ine thegrio.com AP
May 9, 2020
Rapper Tekashi69 wasted little time addressing his detractors following his release from prison, hopping hopped on Instagram to set the record…
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant theGrio.com
May 9, 2020
Vanessa Bryant  filed a legal claim against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for unauthorized photos of Kobe Bryan'ts helicopter…
May 9, 2020
Little Richard, the pioneer of rock 'n' roll whose music career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of…
May 9, 2020
A California man was charged for the murder of his former neighbor, a 43-year-old father of four who had moved…
May 3, 2020
With college campuses shut down due to the COVID-19 crisis, the NCAA is hoping to resume college sports this fall.…
May 3, 2020
Florida residents are rushing to reopened public beaches, but one beachgoer is there not to soak up the sun but…