Kalyn Heffernan is an American MC for the band Wheelchair Sports Camp.[1]
Life
Heffernan was born in
Denver, spent her early life in Southern California,[2] and returned to Denver at age 8.[3] She was born with the genetic disorder
osteogenesis imperfecta. Heffernan is a community activist, participating in a 2017
ADAPT sit-in at Senator
Cory Gardner's office to protest a proposed healthcare bill that would have cut
Medicaid by $722 billion.[4][5] In 2018, Heffernan announced her intention to "sit" as a candidate for the 2019 Denver mayoral race.[6]
Heffernan identifies as queer, and was named as one of "Eight Openly Queer Rappers to Watch" by ColorLines.[7] She received a 2016 Westword MasterMind award in recognition of her work co-founding Royalty Free Haiti, a partnership between artists in Haiti and Denver[8] and in 2018, Westword's "Best of Denver" named her the year's "Best Activist Musician."[9]