During an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz talked about racism and growing up with biracial parents.

Kravitz’s mother, the late actress Roxie Roker (below), is best known for her character Helen Willis in the 1970s hit television sitcom “The Jeffersons.”

Watch the interview below:

In 1974, the Kravitz family relocated to Los Angeles when Kravitz’s mother landed her role on The Jeffersons. In 1995, kravitz’s mother Roxie Roker died of breast cancer.

Check out this rare throwback footage of Kravitz with his mother Roker on the “Arsenio Hall” show.

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