Lenny Kravitz, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire star, 49, spills 10 things you don’t know about him.
- I wrote my first song, “I Love You, Baby,” at age 7.
- I have photographed people like Grace Jones, Alicia Keys, and Beyonce.
- I used to live across the street from Joe Namath and would play catch with him.
- My mother, Roxie Roker, played Helen Willis on The Jeffersons.
- I used to live across the street from Joe Namath and would play catch with him.
- My mother, Roxie Roker, played Helen Willis on The Jeffersons.
- Angelina Jolie auditioned for the lead in my “Stand by My Woman” video. The director passed!
- I am named after my uncle, who was killed in the Korean War.
- I own the Beatles’ Redd 37 recording console from Abbey Road Studios.
- I went to high school with Slash.
- I have an organic farm in Brazil.
- As a child, I sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
- I wrote songs for my forthcoming album at night during the filming of Catching Fire.
- I have a knack for reciting theme songs from the TV shows of my youth.
- When I was 5, Duke Ellington showed me how to play piano.
- Mariah Carey and I met in New York City as struggling musicians. We remain good friends to this day.
- I was a child actor and appeared in commercials, TV shows and also plays.
