Lenny Kravitz Honors Late Mom Roxie Roker as He Accepts MTV VMAs Win: 'I Dedicate This to Her'

Lenny Kravitz celebrated his win at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a special tribute to his beloved late mother.

Kravitz, 60, won Best Rock at this year’s ceremony for his song “Human,” and dedicated the honor to his mother, Roxie Roker, who died of cancer in 1995 at the age of 66.

“Woof. This is incredible. I am so grateful. 31 years ago, my mother was with me at the award ceremony, she was at the VMA awards, so I dedicate this to her,” he said in an interview before his performance on MTV. “I thank God for this journey, this incredible journey. I thank Jesus for my life.”

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Lenny Kravitz at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

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Roker, who in his 2020 memoir Let love rule that he “was a mama’s boy,” he brought Roker along to the 1993 MTV Video Awards. She was best known for her role as Helen Willis in the classic sitcom The Jeffersons.

Kravitz — who is scheduled to perform later in the night — went on to thank his manager, publicist and others, including director Joseph Kahn, who shot the “Human” video.

Last week, Kravitz shared how he shared the 1993 moment with his mom on social media. “Having my beautiful mother by my side at my first #VMAs 31 years ago is a moment I will always cherish,” Kravitz wrote alongside footage from those VMAs. “I’m looking forward to going on stage all these years later where she will be in my heart.”

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The musician is set to kick off his Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM in October, playing five nights that he told PEOPLE will be “a celebration of life, music, love, rock’n’roll.”

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“We were on tour. We started this summer in Europe, so this show is together,” he said in a pre-show interview on Wednesday. “We are here to strengthen love. We are here to exchange energy with the audience. It’s very free. And it’s all about energy and exchange of love. And all the hits!”

Kravitz released his latest album, Blue electric lightin May, and at the VMA he said that his art is like that of a painter.

“I play whatever I have to play. I play all the instruments on most of the songs, then Craig Ross also plays guitar on a few songs,” he said. “That’s how I’ve always worked. I feel like I’m painting; I am a painter. I paint with sound… I had great examples like Stevie Wonder and Prince, so that’s the school I come from.”

The 2024 MTV VMAs air on September 11 at 8:00 PM ET/PT live from the UBS Arena in New York City.

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