A distinguished enterpriser who's uniquely talented, Allen Forrest does not only write his own rhymes, produces his own beats, but he created the
Matchstik brand solely himself.
Allen David Forrest jr, (Born February 4, 1981) better know as Matchstik was born in Fort Camble, Kentucky and raised in Dothan, Alabama. At age nine, Matchstik’s parents separated and a few months later his father attempted suicide.
Matchstik’s father, who was formerly a soldier in the United States Army Reserves, abandoned Matchstik’s family, leaving his mother to raise him and his siblings on her own. Without a father figure in his life, Matchstik found a home in the streets.
It wasn’t long before Matchstik himself began selling drugs. Then, after his third arrest at age 16, Matchstik realized he had to turn his life around. Determined not to be a victim of his circumstances Matchstik left the street life behind, dropped out of high school and passed his G.E.D. He also went on to attend college, and sequentially joined the Navy at age 20.
During his journey across the country, Matchstik had a new fatal car crash where his best friend tried to kill himself and Matchstik by grabbing the steering wheel and hitting a tractor trailer while traveling at over speeds of 90 miles and hour.
After completing four years of service in the Navy and receiving an honorable discharge and several medals including, a good conduct award, he decided to leave the Navy and follow his musical aspirations on the West Coast.
Matchstik's remarkable song writing abilities earn him 4 out of 5 stars on DjBooth dot net for his infectiously catchy single. “Surina’ Song ft Foreword” which he wrote and recorded him self in his studio apartment while living in Los Angeles, CA which caught the ear of London's award winning and 2x MOBO award nominee Dj Masterstepz who was nominated best club and radio Dj in 2008 (Mobo Awards) broke the record in London during his famous radio show "Masterstepz" on Choice Fm London's number one radio station.
Matchstik was also featured on Rapmusic.com which is the largest Hip Hop forum on the web, Myxer dot com, a leading ring-tone website with over 16 million users, His songs "It's Ok" and "I'm So Fly ft Jaz" was featured on two episodes of the Fox Reality show "Amazing Adventures Of A Nobody" and ultimately, he was featured on Canada’s number one celebrity blog isthishappening dot com. Allen Forrest better known as Matchstik is the Founder of Popinfluence dot com which is home to The Good Music And A Good Cause Movement which Matchstik successfully recruited 39 people and with in two days had 182 members and within in three days a family received clean water for year in a developing nation and his Good Music And A Good Cause campaign was mentioned on Paul Nathan's show called "The Stew" on London's Sky Digital Network.
Being the maverick that Allen Forrest has always been. Allen Forrest is one to watch as he heads quickly to super stardom as one of music biggest stars.
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