Lenny Kravitz's Biography And Facts'

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Lenny Kravitz Biography Facts

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Born 26 May, 1964 (59 years old).

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Lenny Kravitz
Kravitz in 2013
BornLeonard Albert Kravitz
May 26, 1964
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Other namesRomeo Blue
OccupationSinger songwriter musician record producer actor
Years active1981–present
SpouseLisa Bonet
ChildrenZoë Kravitz
RelativesRoxie Roker Leonard M. Kravitz Al Roker
Musical career
GenresRock funk rock hard rock neo-psychedelia neo soul
InstrumentsVocals guitar drums keyboards bass
LabelsVirgin Roadrunner Atlantic Kobalt Loud & Proud BMG
Associated actsAvicii Karl Denson Vanessa Paradis Madonna Slash Mick Jagger Sheryl Crow Prince Guns N' Roses Baha Men Michael Kamen Angie Stone Cree Summer Lionel Richie Zoro Craig Ross Jay-Z Jazzanova Michael Jackson Teena Marie David Bowie Draco Rosa Erykah Badu Cindy Blackman Miguel Labelle
Websitelennykravitz.com
 

Leonard Albert Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads.

Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, Brit Awards, and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He was also ranked at No. 93 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". He was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011, and has played Cinna in the Hunger Games film series. In his career, Kravitz has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

 

Early life

Leonard Albert Kravitz was born in Manhattan, the only child of actress Roxie Roker and NBC television news producer Sy Kravitz . His mother came from a Christian family of African-American and Bahamian descent. His father descended from Russian Jews and Ukrainian Jews, with one of his great-grandfathers hailing from Kyiv. Through his mother, Kravitz is a second cousin of television weather presenter Al Roker as their grandfathers were brothers. During his early years, Kravitz did not grow up in a religious environment. After a spiritual experience when he was 13, he started attending church and later became a non-denominational Christian. Kravitz's father was a Green Beret and his uncle, Leonard M. Kravitz, was a Private First Class. Kravitz would be named after Leonard M, who was killed in action in the Korean War at the age of 19 while defending against a Chinese attack, saving most of his platoon in the process. Leonard M. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross but was denied the Medal of Honor. In 2014, he received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony that awarded it to 24 servicemen who were passed over because of their ethnicity. Kravitz grew up spending weekdays on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with his parents, attending P.S. 6 for elementary school, and spending weekends at his grandmother Bessie's house in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Kravitz began banging on pots and pans in the kitchen, playing them as drums at the age of three. He decided that he wanted to be a musician at the age of five. He began playing the drums and soon added guitar. He grew up listening to the music his parents listened to: R&B, jazz, classical, opera, gospel, and blues. He said, "My parents were very supportive of the fact that I loved music early on, and they took me to a lot of shows." Around the age of seven, he saw The Jacksons perform at Madison Square Garden, and they became his favorite performers. His father, who was also a jazz promoter, was friends with Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Short, Miles Davis, and other jazz greats; Ellington even played "Happy Birthday" for him on his fifth birthday. He listened to the soul music of Motown, Stax, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, and Gamble and Huff while growing up, which influenced his musical style. Kravitz often went to see New York theater, where his mother worked, and she encouraged his dreams of pursuing music.

In 1974, Kravitz relocated to Los Angeles with his parents when his mother landed her role on The Jeffersons. At his mother's urging, he joined the California Boys Choir for three years, where he performed a classical repertoire, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera. He took part in Mahler's Third Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl. It was in Los Angeles that Kravitz was introduced to rock music, listening to The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Kiss, Pink Floyd, and The Who, and he said he was "attracted to the cool style, the girls, the rock 'n' roll lifestyle." His other musical influences at the time included Fela Kuti, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Pharoah Sanders, and Miles Davis. Later influences came in the form of John Lennon and Bob Marley. Kravitz attended Beverly Hills High School, where he was classmates with Maria McKee, Nicolas Cage, and Slash. He taught himself to play piano and bass and made friends with Zoro, who would later become his long-time collaborator. Kravitz wanted to be a session musician, and also appeared as an actor in television commercials during this time. His parents divorced in 1985, which had a profound impact on him. His relationship with his father became very strained, and he focused on his music to help him get through this period.

Kravitz is the honorary nephew of Diahann Carroll, whom he called Aunt D, and actress Cicely Tyson is his godmother.

 

Personal life

Kravitz with his daughter Zoë in March 2010

In 1985, Kravitz met Cosby Show actress Lisa Bonet backstage at a New Edition concert in California. They were close friends for two years before beginning a relationship. In 1987 Kravitz moved back to New York City, where The Cosby Show was produced to move in with Bonet. They eloped to be married in a Las Vegas ceremony on November 16, 1987, her 20th birthday. Kravitz, still known as Romeo Blue at the time, suddenly found himself in the headlines of tabloids. He and Bonet had a daughter, Zoë Isabella Kravitz, on December 1, 1988, who became an actress, singer and model. Kravitz and Bonet separated in 1991. They divorced amicably in 1993.

Kravitz dated French singer and model Vanessa Paradis from 1992 to 1996. He began dating Brazilian model Adriana Lima in 2001, and they lived together before becoming engaged in 2002. The engagement was called off in April 2003. Lima was featured in the music video for Kravitz's 2002 single "Yesterday Is Gone ". He then briefly dated and was engaged to Australian actress Nicole Kidman from 2003 to 2004.

Kravitz identifies himself as a Christian in a religious sense "through choice", but states, "I'm also a Jew, it's all the same to me." During another interview, Kravitz stated, "I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between." He also notes that spirituality "has been an important issue in growth", given his upbringing by parents of different faiths. Such spirituality is prominently featured in many of his songs, such as the lyrics on his album Baptism, and having his back inscribed with a tattoo stating "My Heart Belongs to Jesus Christ". As late as 2011, Kravitz stated that his 2005 religious commitment to remain celibate until remarriage was unchanged; however, in a 2014 interview with Men's Health, he reconsidered his previous stance.

Kravitz follows a vegan diet. He left his home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and stayed at his place in Eleuthera much longer than he had expected.

Kravitz is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism, and worked with them on a radio PSA.

 

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