If Word on the Street proves any­thing  it’s that real hip-hop is still inter­twined with poetry On Wed­nes­day 5th Septem­ber  Word on the Street cel­eb­rated its second birth­day Tak­ing place on the first Wed­nes­day of every month  Word on the Street was foun­ded as a show­case of spoken word poetry  dee­jay­ing and rap per­form­ances