Complex sentence: Alarza Lee "Kip" Collins Jr. (April 26,1969--2006) was an American record producer and composer who had collaborated with a number of music artists in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Split into simpler sentences: Alarza Lee "Kip" Collins Jr. (1969--2006) was born on April 26,1969. He was an American record producer and composer who had collaborated with a number of music artists in the 1990s and early 2000s.