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= Matthew Morgan = Matthew Morgan is an American Entrepreneur, curator, and film producer. He is a partner and founder of LETS get FR.EE, a purpose-driven platform and festival for a multicultural audience and the founder of the AFROPUNK festivals globally.

Early Life
Matthew Morgan was born March 28, 1969 in London, England. He attended JFS (1980-1982) and St. Martin's College.

Early Career
Morgan founded several creative companies including Set It Off Management and Rebel Music Management (2002-2009) where he managed and helped launch the careers of music artists Damage, Santigold, Cree Summer Francks, and documentary filmmaker turned tattoo artist James Spooner.

AFROPUNK
In 2005, Matthew Morgan founded AFROPUNK in collaboration with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and filmmaker James Spooner, who left the company in 2008. Jocelyn Cooper a partner in AFROPUNK was introduced to the festival as co-organizer, broadening AFROPUNK Fest to Atlanta, Paris, France, London, England, Johannesburg, South Africa and Bahia, Brazil. Morgan curated the annual arts and music festival (commonly referred as AFROPUNK Fest) from 2005-2019. The festival provides a platform for black alternative performers that have not been acknowledged in the mainstream and stood outside hip hop, R&B, soul, etc. The festival provides a stage for black alternative performers from many genres, primarily known to reflect African-American culture, attracting headliners including H.E.R, TV on the Radio, Erykah Badu, SZA, Janelle Monae, Ice Cube, Lauryn Hill,Lenny Kravitz, Gary Clark Jr., D'Angleo, Grace Jones, Solange Knowles.

AFROPUNK press references
https://www.fastcompany.com/company/afropunk

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005395997/afropunk-celebrating-black-diversity.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/style/afropunk-2019-fashion.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/afropunk-safe-space-black-people-donald-trump-white-supremacist-rallies

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/862-i-wasnt-brought-here-i-was-born-surviving-punk-rock-long-enough-to-find-afropunk/

https://www.fastcompany.com/company/afropunk

https://www.npr.org/2016/08/28/491699651/now-in-its-12th-year-brooklyn-festival-carries-momentum-for-afropunk-movement

https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/afropunk-festival-street-style-video-portrait-photo-2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/style/street-style-afropunk-2018.html

https://www.vogue.com/tag/event/afropunk

https://www.elle.com/fashion/g28808813/afropunk-2019-street-style/

https://www.vogue.com/article/leon-bridges-bode-afropunk-festival-style

AFROPUNK Johannesburg, South Africa
https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/zmddpy/the-best-looks-from-afropunk-johannesburg-straight-up

https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/443/199363.html

http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/south-africa-tourism/sat-afropunk

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8491993/afropunk-johannesburg-rings-in-2019-with-thundercat-the-internet-more

AFROPUNK Paris, France
https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20170720-hardcore-ho99o9-heats-paris-afropunk-fest

https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/03/wizkid-nneka-sza-damian-marley-dangelo-perform-afropunk-paris/

Film
Morgan has executive produced several films and documentaries, AFROPUNK: The 'Rock n Roll Nigger' Experience (2003), AFROPUNK presents the Triptych (2015), and White Lies Black Sheep.A host of other docu-series content by Morgan are also published.

Other related interviews
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/festivals/6707252/afropunk-founders-interview

https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/wjddmb/power-to-the-party-meet-the-people-who-make-afropunk-so-special

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/arts/music/25afropunk.html

https://afropunk.com/festival/all/line-up/matthew-morgan-afropunk-founder/