Complex sentence: Nesby Phips was born Courtney Nero on December 15,1980 in New Orleans and split his childhood between the New Orleans neighborhood of Hollygrove and the city's James Alley area of the 3rd Ward, across the street from the Orleans Parish Prison.
Split into simpler sentences: Nesby Phips was born Courtney Nero on December 15,1980 in New Orleans. He grew up living in both the New Orleans neighborhood of Hollygrove and the city's James Alley area of the 3rd Ward, across the street from the Orleans Parish Prison.