NEW YORK (AP) — If he had waited much longer, his son might have been old enough to announce his own birth. Billy Corgan is a dad. The lead singer for Smashing Pumpkins welcomed his first child, a son, on Nov. 16. A rep confirms the birth to E! News. The mom is Chloe Mendel — and they managed to keep the news quiet for more than a month. It’s the first child for Corgan — who has said in the past that he was hesitant about having kids — because he was rejected by his own dad and his grandfather did the same to his father.