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Pink Panther

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Pink Panther (Edward Johnson), also styled Pantha, is a Jamaican selector with roots in the Seaview Gardens sound-system community of west Kingston. He co-founded and helped build Black Kat, the Manchester Parish sound formed around 1990 at Christianfield, into a championship clash name through exclusive “killing specials” and performances including the 2010 Squingy Cup at Death Before Dishonour's Final Warr.

Panther later departed Black Kat and continued under his own selector name, so the sound remains a defining former affiliation rather than a current roster claim.

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Jamaica Gleaner; SoundClashHub; DancehallReggaeWorld; selector interviews; archive editor community history.

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Story · Well supportedWhen the selector becomes the headline

Pink Panther made Black Kat feared. Tony Matterhorn sharpened his clash craft on King Addies. Then each selector carried that history into a career bearing his own name.

Story · ProbableHow a clash is won

Wattage never settled a sound clash — the crowd's reaction did.

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