In spoken word performance, Hamilton poet slams gentrification of James Street North at Supercrawl

When it comes to living on James StreetNorthin Hamilton,Canadian Individual Slam Poetry champion Eddie Larteysays"even the ghosts can no longer afford to rest in peace."

Those words werepart of his live performance at CBC Hamilton's studio during the Supercrawlfestival on Saturday, Sept. 10. Watch the video above for his take on gentrification in Hamilton and on the street that played host to much of the celebrated arts festival.

Back in May,Larteywon the Canadian Individual Slam Poetry competition in Vancouver,beating out 16 other poets nationwide.

The competition is a hybrid, spoken-word poetry competition held in Vancouver, B.C.Lartey is also part of the Hamilton YouPoets (HYP),a local organization that creates programming in Hamilton to engage with poets in the community.

Read the rest of CBC Hamilton's coverage of Supercrawlhere: