Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: deleon performing on september 25 , 2008 . - birth name: alexander michael deleon - genre: pop rock , alternative rock , pop punk - birth date: 8 april 1989 - background: solo_singer - image: alexdeleon.jpg - occupation: lead singer / songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander deleon .
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alexander michael deleon -lrb- born april 8 , 1989 -rrb- is an american songwriter and lead singer for the las vegas pop rock band , the cab .alex formed the band in high school with former member cash colligan .the cab was signed to fueled by ramen/decaydance in 2007 and released their debut album , '' whisper war , '' in april 2008 .in june 2011 , the cab parted ways with their label , fueled by ramen/decaydance , and released their second album , '' symphony soldier '' , independently on august 23 , 2011 .in 2012 the band signed a major label record deal with universal republic records .alex is currently writing new songs for the band 's upcoming third album , releasing the lock me up ep in april , 2014 .he is also working on designing clothes , and writing a book .on december 17 , 2013 alex announced that he would be releasing a clothing line featuring both male and female clothes .his clothing line is called 42799 , be the black sheep .the name comes from frank sinatra , a big influence on alex , and a blog post alex has written on his blog , called black sheep .the number 42799 related to sinatra , because it was the number of sinatra 's mug shot .