Levrone was born on July 16, 1964, in Baltimore, Maryland, to an Italian-American father (originally from Sicily) and African-American mother.

After seeing the size and condition of his cousin, who had returned from serving in the military, Kevin became more serious about working out and bodybuilding in general.

The injury completely tore his major and minor pectorals while bench-pressing 600 pounds, requiring surgery to reattach.

At that time everyone thought that Levrone's career was over, yet he managed to be in contest shape for the 1994 Mr. Olympia only eight weeks later, and placed 3rd.

[6] Despite having been away from competition for well over a decade since 2003, Kevin officially announced in May 2016 that he would return to once again compete at the professional level at the Mr. Olympia contest, by special invite;[7] he indeed entered the 2016 Mr. Olympia contest, at age 51, and placed 17th, with only five months of preparation.

Levrone has qualified and participated in 13 Mr. Olympia competitions (including a special invite from IFBB President Jim Manion for the 2016 edition).

[citation needed] Since ending his competition career, Levrone enjoys playing other sports like tennis and golf.