Complex sentence: Hurd was born on January 25,1968, as Stephen Arthur Hurd, in Washington, D.C., where he was reared in the church, which he is a graduate of Duke Ellington School for the Arts, and went to Howard University.
Split into simpler sentences: Hurd was born on January 25,1968, as Stephen Arthur Hurd, in Washington, D.C., where he was reared in the church. He is a graduate of Duke Ellington School for the Arts; and upon graduation, he attended Howard University.