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The son of a Jewish father and black morher, rocker
Lenny Kravitz credits his family with instilling in
him a spiritual belief system and family values
not usually espoused by rock stars.

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Lenny Kravitz is a fasci-
nating study in contra-
dictions.
His songs are steeped in the classic
funk, rock and soul styles of the 1960s
and early '70s, but he bristles if the
word "retro" is used to describe him.
He is dismayed by "button-push-
ing" hip-hop and techno-pop per-
formers who are unable to play tradi-
tional instruments, but he was happy
to sample the rhythm track from a
Public Enemy song when he helped
Madonna write and produce her con-

George Varga writes for Copley News
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troversial 1990 hit, "Justify My Love."
His first musical performances of
note were not with a garage band, but
as a member of the Los Angeles-based
California Boys Choir and the jazz
ensemble at Beverly Hills High School,
where his classmates included future
Lone Justice singer Maria McKee and
future Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash.
He warmly embraces the peace-
and-love ethos of the hippie era of the
1960s, and its colorful, bell-bottomed
look, but is annoyed if anyone refers
to him as a neo-hippie or suggests he
is living in the past.
His videos and promotional photos
often play up his brooding sexuality and
well-chiseled physique, but he main-
tains that image means nothing to him
and proudly acknowledges thaL many of
his songs are a vehicle for his spirituali-