Lenny Kravitz Biography

Birthdate: May 26, 1964, New York

Who Is Lenny Kravitz?

What do you mean, you don't know who Lenny Kravitz is?! Lenny Kravitz is a sensitive
rocker who's spent most of his career singing the message of love. I'm not talkin' love songs I'm talkin' about the world being a better place if we would all just let love rule. Lenny
Kravitz's taken a lot of slaggin' from critics over the years being called a wannabe Led
Zepplin, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix but he hasn't let it stand in his way.

Lenny Kravitz's Roots

The retro rocker we know as Lenny Kravitz was born in 1964 in Brooklyn, NY to parents Sy
Kravitz and the late actress Roxie Roker. Roxie was best known for her character on the hit
'70s TV show The Jeffersons. Lenny Kravitz didn't realize his parents were different races his father White and his mother Black, until kids started talking about it at school. Lenny
Kravitz had a thing for music right away and by age 10 had dragged his parents to see Sarah
Vaughan, James Brown and the Jackson 5. In 1974 the family moved to LA and Lenny
Kravitz snagged a spot in the California Boys Choir. Lenny Kravitz also started teaching
himself to play the guitar, piano, bass and the drums. A few years later Lenny Kravitz was
taking the music program at Beverly Hills High School and gave himself the name Romeo
Blue.

Lenny Kravitz Becomes Lenny Huxtable

Lenny Kravitz met and fell in love with The Cosby Show's Lisa Bonet. The couple lived
together and married in 1987 and had a child, daughter Zoe, a year later. In 1989 Lenny
Kravitz released his first album Let Love Rule and had two hits with the songs Let Love
Rule and Mr. Cab Driver. Back then, it seemed like his music career was on the way up as
his marriage was on the way down. In 1991, word got out that Lenny Kravitz was cheating
on Lisa Bonet and the couple split. The divorce affected Lenny Kravitz for many years to
come and many of his songs reflect that. These days Lenny Kravitz is dating Hollywood
hottie Nichole Kidman.

Lenny Kravitz Hits It Big

In 1998 Lenny Kravitz became a household name when he released his fifth album titled 5,
wich includes the mega-hit Fly Away.Lenny Kravitz also did a remake of The Guess Who's
gritty American Woman, which was included on the Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me soundtrack, and was also included on later released versions of 5.

Lenny Kravitz - Did U know?

Lenny Kravitz was once arrested because the police mistook him for a bank robber.
Lenny Kravitz is a gemini.

 Lenny Kravitz produced Madonna's song Justify My Love.

Played Cinna in The Hunger Games
His daughter Zoe playd Christina in Insurgent and Divergent
Lenny Kravitz Says... "I'm not about to stop making music. In fact, I feel like I'm at the
beginning of my career."