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• Surrounded by musicians as a child due to his parents' friendships with such jazz legends as Count Basie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Short and Sarah Vaughan.
• Family moved from New York to L.A. when he was 10. 
• Sang with the California Boys Choir as a youth.
• Beverly Hills High School classmates included guitarist Slash and singer Maria McKee. 
• Cowrote and produced Madonna's No. 1 hit "Justify My Love" in 1990; has also written songs for Vanessa Paradis and collaborated with Aerosmith and Mick Jagger.
• Founded Kravitz Design, an interior-design firm, in 2003.