Let Love Rule. Ten albums and four Grammys later, he’s embarking on a new creative venture, Let Love Rule: A Memoir (Henry Holt), out now.
Focusing on the 25 years before he was a star, he describes a childhood filled with music and art: Duke Ellington, Cicely Tyson, Toni Morrison and Diahann Carroll all make appearances.
But the most riveting pages feature Kravitz’s parents and former wife and muse, Lisa Bonet.Kravitz portrays his mother as sunshine and love.
Deeply attuned to her son’s needs, The Jeffersons’ actress Roxie Roker, created an alter ego named Ruff Ruff to act as Lenny’s childhood confidant. “My mother would ask if it was time to talk to Ruff Ruff,” Kravitz recalls.
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