Leonard Albert Kravitz was born on May 26, 1964, in New York City, the only child of NBC television news producer Sy Kravitz (1924–2005) and actress Roxie Roker (1929–1995). His mother came from a Christian family that was of African-American and Bahamian descent. His father was of Ukrainian-Jewish origin.

TK-421 was the operating number of a human male who was an Imperial stormtrooper during the Galactic Civil War. After a posting on Lasan, a planet that was besieged by the Empire, he was stationed on the Death Star battle station and worked in the Maintenance Unit of Sector AA-345.

Lenny Kravitz seamlessly blends rock, funk, soul and R&B, resulting in a sound uniquely his own. With a career spanning nearly four decades, he has not only captivated audiences worldwide with chart-topping hits, but has become a symbol of artistic authenticity and individualism, always effortlessly cool.

It's this kind of dualism — a love for extremes — that has come to define Kravitz. Growing up, he was raised by his black Christian mother and white Jewish father, and split time between Manhattan's Upper East Side and BedStuy, Brooklyn.