Born in Brooklyn on May 26th 1964, to an interracial couple - father Sy Kravitz, a TV news producer, and mother Roxie Roker, actress who starred on the hit television comedy series The Jeffersons, Lenny Kravitz has transformed his style and music to fit his own genre. By age ten, Lenny had already seen performances by Sarah Vaughn, James Brown, the Jackson 5, and Duke Ellington. And that same year, the Kravitz's relocated to Los Angeles because of Lenny's mom's role on The Jeffersons. Because his mom urged him to, Lenny tried out for the prestigious California Boys Choir and was selected to sing. Determined to make it as a musician, Lenny began acquainting himself with different musical instruments. By 1978, Lenny was playing so well that he got accepted into the music program at Beverly Hills High School. A year later, however, Lenny fell upon Prince's music and felt that that was the music genre he was interested in, and soon after that, his academic standing began to suffer. Lenny renamed himself "Romeo Blue" and began displaying somewhat eccentric behavior. Luckily, Lenny did graduate from high school in 1982, but nevertheless, music had become his life and nothing was going to stop him from realizing his dream. His father, Sy, agreed to finance Lenny's musical attempts. Things weren't easy at first, since many record companies were complaining to Lenny that his music was not "black" enough. Determined not to change his musical integrity, Lenny continued to shop around for a record deal for three years. By 1985, Lenny's parents decided to get a divorce and although this affected Lenny very much, it seemed that his career, as well as his love life, were on the up and up. Still going by the name Romeo Blue, Lenny ended up meeting Lisa Bonet at a New Edition concert. Although they were both involved in other relationships, they ended become good friends, and ultimately, lovers. By 1986, the two lovebirds were living together and decided to move New York. While Lisa continued working on The Cosby Show, Lenny met Henry Hirsch, a recording engineer who liked Lenny's musical ingenuity. The two ended up working on his debut album Let Love Rule, together. In November 1987, Lenny and Lisa trekked off to Las Vegas and got married. One year later, their daughter, Zoe, was born. At the same time, Lenny and Hirsch were still working on the tracks for his debut album Let Love Rule. Lenny ended up meeting and signing with the executives at Virgin Records, and soon after, Lenny dropped the "Romeo Blue" name and reverted back to his real name.
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