Lenny Kravitz

On November 16, 1987, he married Lisa Bonet in Las Vegas. Their daughter Zoe Kravitz was born the following year.

He was linked with model Adriana Lima and the couple was engaged to be married, but they called it off within a year.

Throughout his career, he has suffered from severe bouts of bronchitis for which he had to cancel a number of shows and tours.

Lenny Kravitz was born in New York City into a Russian-Jewish family. A child prodigy, he began playing the drum at the age of 3 and by the age of 5, he knew he wanted to become a musician.

Although he was born to a devout Christian mother, Kravitz was never really the religious type and concentrated more on spiritualism. However, at the age of 13, he became a non-denominational Christian.

During his school years, he listened to a wide genre of music including R&B, Jazz, Classical and the Blues, which influenced his taste for music as he grew old.

In 1974, the family relocated to Los Angeles, where his mother was offered the role of Helen Willis in the sitcom, ‘The Jeffersons’. He joined the California Boys Choir, with whom he performed for three years. He also sang with the Metropolitan Opera and was a member of ‘Mahler’s Third Symphony’.

It was in Los Angeles, where he was first introduced to rock and heavy metal bands. His love for all the genres of music earned him a spot in a highly reputed music program at Beverly Hills High School in 1978. He taught himself to play the bass and the piano and befriended ‘Zoro’, who was his best friend and music collaborator.

In 1985, he met recording engineer, Henry Hirsch, who helped him record a demo ‘Romeo Blue’ in the New Jersey recording studio. He began working on his debut album with Hirsch for more than a year and then went on a tour with Karl Denson, a saxophonist for the next five years.

Kravitz signed a record deal with Virgin Records and released his debut album, ‘Let Love Rule’ on September 6, 1989. The album incorporated both the funk and rock, which were the ‘in’ genres at the time.

The following year, he produced the song, ‘Justify my Love’ by Madonna which was also written by Kravitz in collaboration with Ingrid Chevez. In 1991, he came up with a self-titled album for the French actress and singer, Vanessa Paradis. The same year, he also released his second album, ‘Mama Said’, and dedicated all its songs to his ex-wife.

He wrote ‘Line Up’ for Steven Tyler of ‘Aerosmith’ and was also cast in Mick Jagger’s album, ‘Wandering Spirit’, in 1993. The same year, he also collaborated with Al Green and Curtis Mayfield for a number of projects.

Towards the end of 1993, he released his next album, ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ and received appreciation from fans and music critics. The next year, he recorded a funk-rock version of a song by ‘KISS’ called ‘Deuce’.

His album, ‘Let Love Rule’, received a gold certification and peaked at the number 61 position in the United States. It became even more popular in Europe and received widespread success.

‘Greatest Hits’, which released in 2000, became his most successful album and sold over 10 million copies in the world and earned him a Grammy Award.