Danger Mouse
Birth Name: Brian Joseph Burton
Place of Birth: White Plains, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 29, 1977
Ethnicity: African-American
Danger Mouse is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is one half of music duo Gnarls Barkley, alongside CeeLo Green. He was also part of supergroup Danger Doom, with MF Doom.
Both of his parents are black, though he is light-skinned. He was raised in Spring Valley, New York, Stone Mountain, Georgia, in Atlanta, and Athens, Georgia.
Source: http://www.furious.com
I guessed he was white back in the days, or at least it’s the way he stood out alongside his fellow band member.
Both his parents are of African American descent : https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/danger-mouse-233994/amp/