Pete Wentz – German-British/Afro-Jamaican

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III, or better known as Pete Wentz, was born on June 5, 1979, in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois. His mother, Dale Lewis, is a high school admissions advisor, while his father, Pete Wentz II, is a solicitor. Wentz’s father is of English and German ancestry while his mother is of Afro-Jamaican ancestry. He has two siblings, Hillary, his younger sister, and Andrew, his younger brother.

For his career, Wentz is a singer, songwriter, A&R consultant, poet, and record executive. Since 2001, he has been the bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy, an American rock band. He also founded the experimental, electropop, and dubstep band Black Cards during Fall Out Boy’s hiatus, which lasted from 2009 to 2012. He is the owner of DCD2 Records, a record label that has signed bands like Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes. When the band retired from hiatus in February 2013, their albums American Beauty/American Psycho, Mania, and Save Rock and Roll became number one.