Mighty Panther
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Native to Trinidad, Mighty Panther is a "legend" of Trinidadian
calypso music
. He has shared the stage with numerous calypsonians including "Charmer", aka Louis Farrakhan
(leader of the Nation of Islam
). At the age of 11 he found a gold pocket watch and he carries it around his neck, believing it brings him good fortune.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
calypso music
Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
. He has shared the stage with numerous calypsonians including "Charmer", aka Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan Muhammad, Sr. is the leader of the African-American religious movement the Nation of Islam . He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, before his death in 1975, as the National Representative of...
(leader of the Nation of Islam
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a mainly African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930 to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African-Americans in the United States of America. The movement teaches black pride and...
). At the age of 11 he found a gold pocket watch and he carries it around his neck, believing it brings him good fortune.