Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated recording artist Karima, best known as the co-founder and member of the award-winning Contemporary Gospel trio Virtue, has signed with DARE Records. The new solo recording pact brings Karima's soul-stirring soprano back to fans within the urban and contemporary Gospel/Christian markets. Her first musical release will be announced shortly. Returning to recording is a full-circle moment for Nashville-based Karima, who had taken a break from music to focus on family and entrepreneurship in the years after Virtue's last project. Within a few short months of deciding to re-enter the recording industry, and focusing daily prayers on that goal, Karima says she received a DM from Michael-Anthony Taylor, Chairman and CEO of DARE Records, asking her if she was interested in recording as a solo artist.