Complex sentence: Glasper's earliest musical influence was his mother, Kim Yvette Glasper, who sang jazz and blues professionally, and would bring him with her to club dates rather than leave her son with babysitters.
Split into simpler sentences: Glasper's earliest musical influence was his mother, Kim Yvette Glasper, who sang jazz and blues professionally. She would bring him with her to club dates rather than leave her son with babysitters.