Complex sentence: This came about when Russel was a teenager, and he was in the hip-hop scene, and had lots of friends who were rappers, unfortunately this changed when a drive-by shooting happened, and he was the only survivor.
Split into simpler sentences: This came about when Russel was a teenager, part of the hip hop scene. His friends were rappers, unfortunately this changed when a drive-by shooting happened, and he was the only survivor.