Allen Forrest

Allen David Forrest Jr. also known by the stage name Matchstik or Match, is an American recording artist, rapper, singer/songwriter, music producer, and actor. He is also the founder and CEO of M. Republik Music Group. Forrest has released three studio albums and one EP. The Concept album released in Fall of 2009 has over 100,000 digital downloads worldwide. He was featured in Billboard magazine and on Yahoo.com's The New Now. Matchstik was the first rapper to make front page headlines in Dothan, AL in the Dothan Eagle newspaper. Matchstik's song Give Back was featured in the Sony movie Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming movie soundtrack. He also was a social media expert on the 2009 SESAC[5] annual Music Boot Camp. His latest single "Nothing Is Free" is produced by The Black Eyed Peas's hit-maker Jean Baptiste. He ha finished his anticipated acoustic EP titled The Allen Forrest Project which includes "That's What I Say", which has over 107,000 plays on Europe's #1 Urban Magazine, "Yo Raps" featuring Jennifer Åkerman, a singer/model/actress who is the younger sister of the actress Malin Åkerman. Forrest completed his latest rap album titled The Great Awakening digitally released worldwide on November 11, 2011 (11.11.11), of which he is the executive producer. The first single from the album is titled "Written In Da Starz (Back Streetz)" featuring Lou Lou Malibu.In 2012 Forrest reached nearly 100,000,000 people through various social media outlets and websites. On U.S. election day, November 7, 2012 pop singer Katy Perry tweeted Allen's photo to President Barack Obama and media mogul Oprah Winfrey and to her 29,000,000 followers. Mayor Cory Booker also publicly tweeted his love for Allen's acoustic single That's What I Say Forrest is a brand ambassador for TOMS shoe and eye wear and has been featured in Yahoo.com LA Confidential Magazine and Examiner.com with the founder of TOMS Blake Mycoskie. "He Got My Attention" -Yahoo.com, Craig Rosen "Based On A True Story" -Billboard Magazine, Mariel Concepcion