Snoop Dogg seems to believe Game of Thrones is historically accurate.

"I watch it for historic reasons, to try to understand what this world was based on before I got here," he said.

"I like to know how we got from there, to here, and the similarities between then and now."

In addition to being a devoted fan of the TV programme, the rapper has contributed to the Game of Thrones season five mixtape, with a track called Lannister's Anthem.

"When they asked me to do the track, I was more than honoured because I'm truly a fan of the show," he told the New York Post.

"I would have done it for free, but they gave me some money on top of it."

One of the parallels he noted between "then" and now is "that kings still rule".

But Snoop's point might not be as misguided as it first seems.

Although George R R Martin, the author who created the original Game of Thrones books, is a fiction writer, he has previously said that he has "stolen from history" when plotting his novels.

"The Red Wedding [an event from the third novel, A Storm of Swords] is based on a couple real events from Scottish history," he told Entertainment Weekly.

"No matter how much I make up, there's stuff in history that's just as bad, or worse."

Oh, and in case you're wondering who his favourite character is - it's Tyrion, because "he likes to have a good time and party".

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