Complex sentence: Minelva "Mimie" Acosta, aka "Lady Champagne" was born and raised in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, and lived in St. Thomas where she sang with local bands, such as Imaginations Brass, Chain Links, Fusion, and Hard Core.
Split into simpler sentences: Minelva "Mimie" Acosta, aka "Lady Champagne" was born and raised in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. She relocated to St. Thomas where she sang with local bands, such as Imaginations Brass, Chain Links, Fusion, and Hard Core.