
Lenny Kravitz, Alex Rodriguezs. Getty Photographs (2)
Lenny Kravitz gave Alex Rodriguez’s 18-year-old daughter Natasha a white piano for her 4th birthday and he or she’s nonetheless taking part in the instrument in spite of everything these years.
“So Natasha was 4 and I requested her what she wished for her birthday and he or she stated, ‘I need a white piano.’ A white piano? Gosh, the place am I going to seek out you a white piano?” Natasha’s mother and Rodriguez’s ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis, stated in a YouTube video with TOGETHXR posted on Wednesday, October 11. “Her father and I had an in depth household good friend, which I’m positive you already know, Lenny Kravitz. I used to be talking to him and I stated ‘I would like a white piano.’”
Whereas Scurtis, 50, requested Kravitz, 59, about the place she may buy the very particular reward, the musician confessed that he really had a white piano “in storage” and he or she may “have it” — all they wanted to do was have it shipped to their home.
“So I known as her father and I stated, ‘Lenny has a white piano. He’s going to provide it to us. You’ll want to ship it from California,’” Scurtis recalled. “So her dad did and it’s the piano she performs on now.”
The video then minimize to a clip of Natasha, 18, taking part in the white piano and singing.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’m in a position to sort of accompany myself singing and taking part in piano is just a bit escape for me,” Natasha shared within the video. “It’s one thing that’s equally disciplined and artistic and there’s a whole lot of freedom in that for me.”

Alex Rodriguez along with his daughters Natasha and Ella, 2016. Drew Hallowell/Getty Photographs
Natasha is presently finding out musical theater on the College of Michigan and is the primary in her household to “take a profession path within the arts.” Whereas Rodriguez is finest recognized for being a record-setting baseball participant, Natasha credit her dad’s sturdy work ethic for uplifting her. (Along with Natasha, Rodriguez, 48, and Scurtis additionally share daughter Ella, 15.)
“However even in life, if somebody is giving me recommendation and it’s a bit of robust, I see that as them wanting the most effective for me. And my dad has sort of raised me that means,” she admitted on the time. “We’re tremendous comparable in the way in which that we each assume self-discipline is love. I see that as real love and we’ve that in widespread.”
Earlier than heading off to varsity, Rodrguez completely spoke to Us Weekly about how excited he was for his daughter to pursue her ardour however had one request for her when it got here to her research.
“My solely situation is as a result of all these younger actors need to bypass faculty and I’m at all times saying, like, ‘You’ll be able to [study] drama, you are able to do no matter you need, however so long as you’re taking your online business courses at Michigan; they’ve a fantastic enterprise faculty,’” Rodriguez instructed Us in August. “And that was [the] deal.”
