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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Coco Jones speaks onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
November 10, 2023
Jones has gone from under the radar to a budding superstar, thanks to Peacock's "Bel-Air" and her emergence as a…
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Goapele visits SiriusXM Studios on Aug. 17, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
November 3, 2023
TheGrio reviews "Colours," the sixth album from independent singer-songwriter Goapele, featuring the single "Purple."
Rapper-actor Common at the inaugural Black Theater United gala on Oct. 30, 2023, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. (Photo: Matthew Allen)
November 1, 2023
Black Theater United threw its inaugural gala, "A Salute to Broadway Legends: Past, Present and Future," Monday in New York…
Michael Jackson jacket auction, Shaquille O'Neal Reebok, Allen Iverson Reebok, Pat McGrath Google pop-up, Savage X Fenty Seamless collection theGrio.com
Michael Jackson onstage during the 1984 Victory Tour in Dallas, Tx (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
October 27, 2023
The trailer and release date for "Thriller 40," director Nelson George's documentary about Michael Jackson's "Thriller, dropped on Friday.
Drake vs. Joe Budden, theGrio.com
October 9, 2023
Drake sends shots at the two Grammy-winning singers on his new album, "For All the Dogs," released on Friday.