Saturday 22 January 2011

Lenny Kravitz facts and trivia

  • Lenny Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter born on May 26, 1964.
  • Real name: Leonard Albert Kravitz.
  • Lenny's astrological sign is Gemini.
  • Parents: Roxie Roker and Sy Kravitz.
  • Lenny is 5' 7" (1.70 m) tall.
  • Kravitz's father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Bahamian descent.
  • Lenny Kravitz married Lisa Bonet in 1987.
  • Lenny Kravitz won the Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" four years in a row from 1999 to 2002,
  • Lenny was born in New York City, New York.
  • Lenny attended high school with guitarist Slash from Guns N` Roses
  • Kravitz is a distant cousin of Al Roker. 
  • Kravitz was awarded a Brit Award for 'Best International Male Artist' in 1994. 
  • The singer launched his own design firm studio, 'Kravitz Design' in July of 2004. 
  • Lenny's parents were friends with jazz legends Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Miles Davis.
  • The singer was named after his uncle, Pfc. Leonard Kravitz, who was killed in action in Korea (1951).
  • Kravitz has dated Nicole Kidman, Natalie Imbruglia, Brazilian model Adriana Lima and French model Vanessa Paradis.

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