Leonard Albert Kravitz ɗan asalin New York ne. A cikin wannan birni mai ban mamaki ne aka haifi Lenny Kravitz a shekara ta 1955. A cikin dangin wata 'yar wasan kwaikwayo da furodusa TV. Mahaifiyar Leonard, Roxy Roker, ta sadaukar da rayuwarta gaba ɗaya wajen yin fim. Mafi girman batu na aikinta, watakila, ana iya kiransa wasan kwaikwayon daya daga cikin manyan ayyuka a cikin shahararrun fina-finan barkwanci The Jeffersons.
Mahaifin mawaƙin nan gaba, Simur Kravitz, Bayahude tare da tushen Ukrainian, ya yi aiki a tashar labarai ta NBC. Yaron ya samu sunansa ne don girmama dan uwan mahaifinsa. Wani matukin jirgi na soja wanda ya mutu jim kadan kafin a haifi Lenny a lokacin yakin Koriya. 'Yar Lenny tare da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Lisa Bonet, Zoe Kravitz sanannen yar wasan fim ce. An kuma san ta da yin ƙirar ƙira da ayyukan kiɗa.
Shekarun Farko na Lenny Kravitz
An haife shi a cikin dangi mai matsakaicin matsakaici, Lenny ya ciyar da ƙuruciyarsa da ƙuruciyarsa a Manhattan, cibiyar al'adun New York City. Lokacin da Lenny yana ƙarami, ya shafe lokaci mai yawa a wurin mawaƙa suna wasa a titi. Iyayensa sun san shahararrun mawaƙa na 50s da 60s. Sun buga piano fiye da sau ɗaya a gidansu, misali, Duke Ellington. Little Lenny ya zauna akan cinyarsa.
Lokacin da nan gaba sanannen mawaki juya 19, da iyali koma Los Angeles. Mai zane na gaba yana da sha'awar kiɗa tun lokacin yaro. Lenny bai yi la'akari da wasu zaɓuɓɓuka don iliminsa ba. Bayan ya isa California, ya fara rera waƙa kuma ya sami ilimin kiɗa a cikin mawaƙa na California Boys Choir.
Yana shiga cikin faifai da yawa na ƙungiyar mawaƙa na wancan lokacin. Amma rera waƙa kaɗai bai ishe Lenny ba. A lokacin hutunsa daga mawaƙa, yana ba da kansa ga kayan kida iri-iri a lokaci ɗaya. Yana koyon buga ganguna, maɓallan madannai da guitar.
Tashi na Ayyukan Kiɗa na Lenny Kravitz
A wannan lokacin, Lenny ya riga ya rayu dabam da iyayensa. Yakan ciyar da duk lokacinsa don haɓaka ƙwarewarsa wajen buga kayan kiɗa da rubuta waƙoƙi. Mawakin ya ɗauki sunan mai suna Romeo Blue.
An lura da basirar matashin da sauri a kan lakabin IRS Records, wanda ya sanya hannu kan kwangila. Ba da da ewa ba, Lenny ya sami mafi kyawun tayin daga sanannen Budurwa ta duniya kuma ya ƙare kwangilarsa ta baya. Ya kasance mai aminci ga wannan alamar sama da shekaru 30, tun daga 1989.
Alƙawarin ƙi
Matakin farko da aka yanke a sabon wurin shine a jefar da sunan sa don neman sunan ainihin sunan sa. A wannan shekarar, Lenny Kravitz ya fito da kundin sa na farko, Let Love Rule. Hazakar da ba za a iya musantawa ba da hoto mai haske ya sa nasarar kundi ta zama babu makawa. A cikin kowace waƙa, ya rera da kansa kuma ya rubuta sassa na kayan kida da yawa lokaci guda.
Nasarar ta biyo bayan rangadin da aka yi a duk fadin Amurka da Turai. Haka kuma an yi bayyanuwa da yawa a tashoshin talabijin. Aikin mawaƙin ya haura sosai bayan haɗin gwiwa tare da mashahurin mashahuri a wancan lokacin Madonna. Ya rubuta waƙar don waƙar "Justify My Love". Aikin na dogon lokaci ya mamaye wuraren farko a cikin ginshiƙi a duniya.
A lokacin fadan soji tsakanin Amurka da Iraki, Kravitz ya rubuta wani hoton murfin shahararren shahararren John Lennon na “Ba da Zaman Lafiya”, don wannan taron ya kasance tare da dan Lennon Sean, Yoko Ono da sauran manyan mawakan.
Kundin Lenny Kravitz na biyu
Kundin na biyu na mawaƙin bai daɗe ba. Wakar ta farko da Mama tace “Ba a gama ba har sai an gama”. Kundin ya tafi platinum. A kan guguwar nasarar Lenny, ta yin amfani da ƙwarewarsa wajen rubuta waƙoƙi da kiɗa. Ya yanke shawarar fara samar da wasu masu fasaha.
Ya rubuta waƙar don kundi na farko na mawaƙa Vanessa Paradis, wanda ya fara a lokacin. A daidai wannan lokacin, ya rubuta waƙoƙi guda biyu tare da Mick Jagger: "Yi amfani da Ni" da "Layi Up". A cikin wannan tsari, Lenny Kravitz da Mick Jagger sun zama abokai na kud da kud kuma za su yi aiki a kan kiɗa fiye da sau ɗaya kuma su saki waƙa fiye da ɗaya.
Mai zane ba ya manta game da aikin solo ko dai, a cikin 90s ya fito da kundi da yawa, kowanne daga cikinsu ya tafi platinum: "Shin Kuna Gona Hanya ta" (1993), "Circus" (1995), "5" (1998). Lamarin daya kacal ya lullube wannan cin nasara - a cikin 1995, mahaifiyar Lenny ta mutu.
Bayan ya tsira daga asarar, Lenny ya koma bakin aiki kuma ya tafi yawon shakatawa na nunin 40 na Amurka. 1998 - an kafa waƙar "Fly Away" a cikin sigogi na Amurka na dogon lokaci, kuma mai zane da kansa ya karbi hoton Grammy a cikin zaɓin "Best Male Rock Performance".
Kundin na shida a ƙarƙashin sunan laconic "Lenny" ya kawo mawaƙa wani mutum-mutumi na Grammy, kuma waƙar "Dig In" daga gare ta ta shiga cikin faretin "mafi kyawun waƙoƙin dutsen 40 na kowane lokaci", wanda aka haɗa ta littafin mai ƙarfi "Rolling Stone" . Sharuɗɗa na musamman na kwangilar Lenny tare da kamfanin saki ya ba shi damar buɗe lakabin kansa, Roxie Roker.
Lenny Kravitz da Virgin Records
Sakin ayyukan sa na solo akan Virgin Records, Lenny yana buga ayyukan samarwa akan ƙaramin lakabin sa. Iyakar aikin mawaƙin da kansa, wanda aka buga ba akan Virgin ba, shine kundi na Baftisma, haɗin gwiwa tare da ɗan wasan hip-hop na New York Jay-Z.
Kundi na takwas na Lenny, Lokaci ne na Juyin Juyin Juya Hali, yawancin masu suka suna ɗaukarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun aikin mai zane na gabaɗayan aikinsa. Fitar da kundin ya biyo bayan balaguron duniya, kuma Lenny kansa a ƙarshe ya sami damar cika tsohon mafarkinsa - ya ziyarci ƙasar mahaifar kakanninsa, a Kyiv. Don wasan kwaikwayo na Kyiv, Lenny ya fito da wani shiri na musamman wanda ya dauki fiye da sa'o'i biyu.
Sabon kundi na Lenny Kravitz, Black and White America, an sake shi a cikin 2011 kuma ya sami manyan alamomi na al'ada daga masu suka da masu sauraro. A lokaci guda, mai zane yana gwada kansa a cikin sabon filin: ya taka rawa a cikin fim din "Treasure" na Lee Daniels. Shahararren aikin fim na Lenny shine rawar da stylist na babban jigon fina-finan da ya fi shaharar wasannin Hunger Games.
