Lenny Kravitz
American, Singer
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- Ranked #14 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
- Son of Roxie Roker.
- Ranked #93 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists.
- Went to the same high school as "Profiler" (1996) star Jamie Luner.
- Loves Brazil and travels there often.
- Does a wide variety of musical styles; hard rock, soft rock, pop, funk, soul, and Motown-flavored R&B.
- Winner of the 1994 Brit Award for International Male.
- Lives on Sunset Island in Miami
- Distant cousin of Al Roker.
- His mother died at five minutes after midnight on December 2, 1995 only a day after his daughter, Zoe's birthday. There was some concern that she would die on her birthday and the family did not want to celebrate the death of Zoe's grandmother on the same day as her birthday.
- Attended high school with guitarist Slash from Guns N' Roses.
- Voted Hollywood's Biggest Heartbreaker by readers of In Touch magazine (2004).
- Used to perform under name Romeo Blue early in his career.
- Attended Beverly Hills High School, the same school as as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Elizabeth Daily, Corbin Bernsen, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Crispin Glover and Albert Brooks.
- Graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1982.
- Named after his uncle, Pfc. Leonard Kravitz, who was killed in action in Korea on 7 March 1951 while supressing a Chinese attack and saving most of his platoon; he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Lenny has joined the fight to get his uncle the Congressional Medal of Honor. Supporters believe the CMH has been denied to Pfc. Kravitz because he was Jewish.
- Is an only child.
- Once known for the long dreadlocks he'd had since he was a teenager, Kravitz cut them off prior to the release of his album "Five" in 1998.
- Engaged to Brazilian model Adriana Lima (May 2002)
- Is a vegetarian.
- Dated French actress, singer and model Vanessa Paradis in the 1990s, before she met her current boyfriend, Johnny Depp.
- Dated Australian singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia.
- Is of African-American and Russian heritage.
- Has many tattoos