Pete Wentz

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III , known professionally as Pete Wentz, is an American musician best known for being the bassist, primary lyricist and backing vocalist for the American rock band Fall Out Boy. Before Fall Out Boys inception in 2001, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was notably the lead vocalist and lyricist for Arma Angelus. During Fall Out Boys temporary hiatus in 200912, Wentz formed the experimental, electropop and dubstep group Black Cards. He owns a record label, DCD2 Records, which has signed bands including Panic at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes. Fall Out Boy returned in February 2013.

Wentz was born Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III, in Wilmette, Illinois, an affluent suburb of Chicago. He is the son of Dale , a high school admissions counselor, and Pete Wentz II, an attorney. He is of English and German descent on his fathers side and AfroJamaican on his mothers side. He has a younger sister, Hillary, and a younger brother, Andrew. His black maternal grandfather, Arthur Winston Lewis, served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Arthur Winston Lewis cousin is General Colin Powell.

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