Dear MiKi, Mica Penniman was born on August 18, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. He now lives in London and has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. Mica is the third of five children born to a Lebanese mother and American father. At his primary school he experienced severe bullying and had problems with dyslexia, so he was home-schooled by his mother for a while before attending Westminster School and the Royal College of Music, which he later left to record his first album. He wrote his first song after listening to Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box. In January 2007, he was voted numer one in the BBC New Sound of 2007 Poll. His first single was called Grace Kelly. Mica's debut album Life in Cartoon Motion was releaed on 5 February 2007. Love, Miss Cucumber