Complex sentence: Around the time Cole launched his singing career, he entered into Freemasonry, being raised in January 1944 in the Thomas Waller Lodge No.49 in California, the lodge being named after fellow Prince Hall mason and jazz musician Fats Waller.
Split into simpler sentences: Around the time Cole launched his singing career, he entered into Freemasonry. The lodge was named after fellow Prince Hall mason and jazz musician Fats Waller.