EMI Records Aligns with Erick Sermon and Def Squad Label EMI Records (EMI have always wanted for Def /Chrysalis /SBK) today Squad Records. announced a label agreement with 1 look forward to working Def Squad Records, led with Davitt by rap recording artist/producer Sigerson and the Erick whole EMI team and to having Sermon. Under this a arrangement. Sermon will very successful'relationship submit artists together." exclusively to Sermon first made his mark EMI who concentrate on devel¬ in and the rap community as half of oping producing new the classic EPMD combo. Teachers from the Bethlehem Hills ~~HFhas since Released two Happy Child Care Center brouse through the Smart Start Bookmobile. label and will continue produc¬ solo Teachers selected books for students in their class. Keith albums. No Pressure and ing Redman, Murray and Double or other established artists. Nothin' on Def Jam Def In addition to and Squad will have offices and a finding pro¬ y ducing new talent, staff based out of the EMI including On Wheels New Das EFX, Redman and Keith Library Interest York Headquarters. * By MAURICE CROCKER Sparks Murray, Sermon has also chosen for the bookmobile are Commented Davitt pro¬ Community News Reporter The first stop of the book¬ Siger- duced singles for a diverse selected by the library heads at mobile was the son, president and CEO, EMI of each Bethlehem "Erick array artists such as Super- The branch. Happy Hills Child Care Center. Records, is always cat, Blackstreet, Forsyth County Some of the books are focused or His record Shaquille Library has started a new cho¬ "I think this is a good quality. O'Neal and and most pro¬ sen with a multi-cultural of solid artist careers Illegal gram that will encourage chil¬ theme resource to have, and it will building recently, the gold single in mind, such as Happy Birth¬ the is unsurpassed in hip hop. by dren to enjoy reading. This encourage parents to take Since EMI Redan and Method Man, "How effort was day Martin Luther King, A is time out and read to the chil¬ embraces the same launched earlifer this For and is High." week Africa, and The Gifts of dren," said Linda Charles, pre¬ philosophy passionately Kwanzza . committed to when teachers from three school director for the center. supporting this "We felt we needed to have She has been culture, Erick Sermon is a nat¬ daycare centers climbed aboard with the center ural the Smart a lot of books with a black for six and a half partner for us." Start Bookmobile. years. Sermon "Over Community "The main of the theme, since we are dealing Charles said the teachers at added, the objective with a number of bfack years I've been in this business, V <* bookmobile is to reach out to chil¬ the center do not have ^ prob¬ News deadline is the dren," he said. lem the children inter¬ I have had the good fortune and children who may not get a getting of with chance to to the and Komegay said he hopes the ested in pleasure working many at 5 go library new reading. fine record but Monday p.m. them to program will have a "During free time companies, EMI BAHAMBIA, a /i^k- artist with encourage read," said they had offered me the Marty Komegay, bookmobile strong impact on the children have the option whether to read 'home' I EMl/DefSquad Records and will encourage them to or not, and most of operator. read them has been with more. choose to read," she said. Komegay the "A child's mind is formu¬ library for a year and was The bookmobile will serve to lated by the time he is five- 75 to 80 and 40 com¬ appointed operate the book¬ he said. daycares mobile. He his new years-old," "So if we munity centers a month. says posi¬ can to read tion is a way for him to give get.them more Komegay will visit the back to the rather than watching television, daycare centers in the community. or Mortal morning "I feel very positive about playing Kombat, and and the community centers in the I he exercise their mind, maybe the afternoons. things do," said.,"As will be an black male, I feel that it is they come encour¬ Each month the bookmo¬ my to back aged." bile will return to the centers to responsibility give He said he also that to the and if I can hopes give teachers an opportunity to community the children who are do that through my job I will." encour¬ exchange the books checked said the aged to read will encourage out the previous month. 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