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The Arts Hour: Smockey, Meryl Streep, Anish Kapoor

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30/04/2016 GMT

Smockey, Meryl Streep, Anish Kapoor

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Smockey, Meryl Streep, Anish Kapoor

Hip hop artist Smockey; actress Meryl Streep; sculptor Anish Kapoor

Hip hop artist Smockey on bringing down the president, actress Meryl Streep on new film Florence Foster Jenkins, and sculptor Anish Kapoor on the darkest black substance.

Meryl Streep discusses terrible singing and Florence Foster Jenkins. Sculptor Anish Kapoor explores working with the darkest black substance in existence. Burkino Faso's hip hop star Smockey talks about bringing down the president with a song. Plus, highlights from the BBC World Service Identity season.

Tom Hanks tells us about his new film A Hologram for the King, which is set in Saudi Arabia. We find out why Dolly Parton is big in Uganda. Kim Cattrall of Sex and the City explains why she loved playing Shakespeare’s Cleopatra. And why, if you are learning to sing, you need to "do the donkey”.

(Photo: Left to right, Smockey. Credit: John MacDougall/AFP. Meryl Streep, Anish Kapoor)

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