Local Rapper Dan Kanvis Opens A Window To The Local Hip Hop Scene

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• Dan Kanvis

Local rapper Dan Kanvis is a figure without whom Chicago’s sprawling underground hip-hop scene would be a little dimmer. For about a year Kanvis brought the community to Lincoln Park courtesy of Heavy Rotation, a quasi-monthly celebration of Chicago hip-hop he hosted at Tonic Room. Kanvis put the spotlight on plenty of great, and sometimes underappreciated, up-and-comers and scene stalwarts—he booked euphoric rapper ShowYouSuck, Pivot leader Saba, and atmosphere-bent MC-producer Martin Sky, among others.

Leor Galil writes about hip-hop every Wednesday.