Musician Lenny Kravitz to Release Ninth Album "Black & White America" to Address Race Issues

Singer and musician Lenny Kravitz, son of a black mother, Roxie Roker, who was a star of "The Jeffersons" and white television producer Sy Kravitz, said he will release his first album in three years entitled "Black and White America." No matter how hard we try, race is always an issue. According to Reuters, the album will be the ninth in his career but the first under a new label, Atlantic and Roadrunner Records. The album will be released in the middle of 2011 as Kravitz commences on a world tour in June.

Kravitz told Billboard.com the album's title was derived from his experiences growing up "in between a so-called black and white world," up to changes in the United States today including Barack Obama elected as the first black president.

"My life has always been about contrasts, and it reflects on not only my life and what I've gone through with my parents and what I saw growing up, but also where we are now as far as this country," he said.

Interesting. Who better would know how living in both worlds feels. His experience must have been similar to Barack Obama's on many levels.