A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Tuesday, honoring Lenny Kravitz for being credited with reimagining rock 'n' roll for the 1990s and beyond and receiving nine Grammy nominations, winning four times.
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Denzel Washington, Marla Gibbs and Kravitz's actress daughter Zoë Kravitz were on hand to join him at the ceremony in front of the Capitol Records Tower.
Marla Gibbs and Lenny Kravitz (L), Zoë Kravitz, Lenny Kravitz, and Denzel Washington (R)KNX News
Kravitz said, "I spent a lot of time walking up and down Hollywood Boulevard, seeing the names of all my idols. I never dreamt about having a star. I was usually just looking for a place to crash, but I did dream about making the music I wanted and doing my own thing. To see my name, Lenny Kravitz, permanently engraved on the same streets I used to walk is a surreal, indescribable feeling."
Born May 26, 1964 in New York City and named after his father's younger brother, U.S. Army Pfc. Leonard Kravitz, who was killed in the Korean War in 1951 while suppressing a Chinese attack and saving most of his platoon.
Kravitz took his first steps toward a music career when he began banging on a pots-and-pans drum kit when he was 3.
Kravitz and his family moved to Southern California when he was 10 years old after his mother, Roxie Roker, was cast as Helen Willis on the 1975- 85 CBS comedy "The Jeffersons." He continued his musical aspirations by singing with the California Boys Choir for three years.
Kravitz released his debut album, "Let Love Rule," in 1989, which was certified as gold by the industry trade group the Recording Industry Association of America for selling more than 500,000 copies.
He received his first Grammy nominations in 1994 for Best Rock Song for the single "Are You Gonna Go My Way" and Best Rock Vocal Performance, solo from a track from the album of the same name.
Kravitz received another Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 1996 for "Rock and Roll is Dead."
He won the first of a record four male rock vocal performance Grammys in 1999 for "Fly Away." He also won each of the next three years for "American Woman," "Again," and "Dig In."
Kravitz also received a Best Rock Song Grammy nomination for "Again."
He's among the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees.
Kravitz's 12th studio album, "Blue Electric Light," is set to be released May 24. It is his first since "Raise Vibration," which was released in 2018.
He is set to begin a 13-nation European concert tour on June 23 in Hamburg, Germany, that will conclude Aug. 2 in Athens.
Kravitz's acting credits include "The Hunger Games" and its sequel, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "The Butler," and "Precious."
The star is the 2,774th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961, with an initial 1,558 stars.
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