Lenny Kravitz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lenny Kravitz
Occupation	Funk Singer
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1964(1964-05-26)
Age	60
Birthplace	Manhattan
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Taurus

Lenny Kravitz Biography

Lenny Kravitz is one of the most popular and richest Funk Singer who was born on May 26, 1964 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Funk and rock singer who has won each Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance from 1999 until 2002. He became famous for his rendition of the Guess Who’s hit song “American Woman.” He was Cinna as Cinna in The Hunger Games film series.

It was “Use Me” on He sang “Use Me” on Mick Jagger’s 1993 album Wandering Spirit. 1993 album Wandering Spirit.

Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads.

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 first 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. In 1978, he was accepted into the school’s well-respected music program. 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.

He got married to He married Lisa Bonet on November 16, 1987 and divorced her on April 12, 1993. He began dating model Barbara Fialho in 2018. His daughter is actress Zoe Kravitz. He previously dated high profile stars such as Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Vanessa Paradis, Adriana Lima and Nicole Kidman. on November 16, 1987. He divorced her on April 12, 1993. He began dating model Barbara Fialho in 2018. Her daughter, actress Zoe Kravitz. He has previously been in relationships with high-profile stars like Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Vanessa Paradis, Adriana Lima, and Nicole Kidman.

Lenny Kravitz Net Worth

Lenny Kravitz is one of the richest Funk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lenny Kravitz 's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing the drums when he was just three and was inspired to be an artist after witnessing The Jackson 5 perform.

On the 1st of December in 2011, he became an officer of the Ordre of Arts and des Lettres.

Leonard Albert Kravitz was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan on May 26, 1964, the only child of actress Roxie Roker (1929–1995) and NBC television news producer Sy Kravitz (1924–2005). His mother came from a Christian family of African-American and Bahamian descent. His father descended from Russian and Ukrainian Jews, with one of his great-grandfathers hailing from Kiev. 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, while his uncle, Leonard M. Kravitz, was a Private First Class. Kravitz would be named after Leonard, 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; he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross but was denied the Medal of Honor. In 2014, he posthumously received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony that awarded it to 23 other 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 weekends at his grandmother Bessie’s house in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lenny Kravitz Dating?

According to our records, Lenny Kravitz married to Lisa Bonet. As of December 1, 2023, Lenny Kravitz’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1990, Kravitz produced the song “Justify My Love” for Madonna, which he co- wrote with Ingrid Chavez. The song, which appeared on her greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection and created controversy because of its explicit video, went to number 1 for two consecutive weeks. When MTV banned the video, the video was quickly made available for sale at record stores, and immediately sold over 500,000 copies. Kravitz separated from Lisa Bonet in 1991, amid rumors of an affair between him and Madonna. Kravitz has denied any infidelity. Kravitz and Bonet divorced in 1993. In 1991, Kravitz produced the self-titled album Vanessa Paradis for French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis. He played most of the instruments and co-wrote most of the songs on the album. He also released his second album, Mama Said, which was his first album to reach the Top 40. The songs on the album were about Bonet and dedicated to her, documenting his depression over their breakup. Kravitz’s biggest single yet, “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over,” went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single “Always on the Run,” a tribute to his mother, featured Slash on guitar. “Stand by My Woman” and “What Goes Around Comes Around” followed. Sean Lennon co-wrote and played piano on the song “All I Ever Wanted.”

Facts & Trivia

Lenny Ranked on the list of most popular Funk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lenny Kravitz celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

In 1993, Kravitz wrote “Line Up” for Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and appeared on Mick Jagger’s solo album, Wandering Spirit, in a cover of the Bill Withers soul classic “Use Me,” and played guitar on the title track of David Bowie’s The Buddha of Suburbia. That year Kravitz also got to work with idols Al Green and Curtis Mayfield. In 1993, Are You Gonna Go My Way was released, reaching number 12 on the Billboard 200 and Kravitz earned a BRIT Award for best international male artist in 1994. The title track won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video for the video produced by Mark Romanek, in which Kravitz slung his dreadlocks and wore high-heeled platform boots. During the presentation of the MTV Video Music Awards, he performed the song with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on bass. Several singles from the album would follow, including “Believe,” “Is There Any Love In Your Heart,” and “Heaven Help/Spinning Around Over You.” This album was the first to feature guitarist Craig Ross, who has also played on all his subsequent albums. One song, “Eleutheria,” was influenced by the island Eleuthera in The Bahamas where Kravitz built a house and recording studio at that time. In 1993, he also released the EP Spinning Around Over You, which included four live tracks from his “Universal Love Tour.” A feature documentary about his 1994 tour entitled Alive from Planet Earth was directed by Doug Nichol and released.