Panthertainment

Independent German hip-hop label, production company and modelling agency founded in Cologne and based in Berlin, Germany and headed by Tyron Ricketts. Panthertainment GmbH produced the now cult hip-hop music television show "Word Cup" on VIVA television from 1996 to 1999. From 2001 to 2002 the company continued the "Word Cup" series as a live radio show on WDR-channel 1 Live 102,4 MHz FM. The show has been broadcast online since 2008. In the nineties they were also working as an agency for Afro-German fashion models for urban fashion brands such as Pelle Pelle, Karl Kani, Sir Benni Miles, as well as organising club tours across Germany for selected Tape Kingz DJ's such as Tony Touch, DJ Evil Dee or DJ LS One, as well as for bands such as Aphrodelics, Mellowbag and Walkin' Large. Panthertainment has also released music on Vinyl, CD and Cassette Tapes under the imprint.