Pete Wentz And More "White" Celebs You Probably Didn't Know Were Actually Black
These 11 stars are Blackity Black BLACK.
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Pete Wentz - The Fall Out Boy frontman may seem like your typical white-bread rocker, but he's actually 50 percent Afro-Jamaican, courtesy of his mom. During the early days of FOB, he would straighten his curls to fit his emo aesthetic. Fun fact: His third cousin is Collin Powell. (Photo: JB Lacroix/WireImage)
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Halsey - When this pop star steps out on stage with multicolered wigs and cornrows, the internet has A LOT to say about Halsey's cultural appropriation. Halsey, whose real name is Ashley Frangipone, is actually biracial. Halsey opened up about her father being African-American and her white guilt in Playboy stating, "I look like a white girl, but I don't feel like one. I'm a Black woman." (Photo: George Pimentel/Getty Images)
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Logic - It seems like Logic, born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, was just joining the ranks of white rappers like Eminem when he first gained recognition. Logic is actually half black on his father's side so don't let those baby blue eyes fool you! Logic told NPR that out of his 7 biracial sibling, he looks the most white. (Photo: by Matthew Eisman/FilmMagic)
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Nicole Richie - She may be the adoptive daughter of Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey-Richie, but Nicole Richie's biological father, Peter Escovedo, is Mexican, Creole and African, and her mother, Karen Moss, is Creole and African American. No wonder her and little sister Sofia Richie look so similar! Fun Fact: Singer Sheila E. is her biological aunt. (Photo: Donato Sardella/Getty Images for REVOLVE)
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Rashida and Kidada Jones - You may know Kidada from her relationship with Tupac and Rashida from her acting career, including her recent cameo in Drake's "Nice For What" music video, but the sister duo are actually the daughters of music legend Quincy Jones. On Quincy Jones' mother's side, he is one-third European and two-thirds of his ancestry stems back to the Tikar people of Cameroon. (Photo: Chris Weeks/WireImage)
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