Snoop Dogg has said he would like to have a guest part in the vampire TV series True Blood.

The rapper, who has name-checked the hit US show on new single 'Gangsta Luv', said he was “down” with the programme.

“I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a vampire, don't you think?” he told MTV.

“So what's happenin'? 'True Blood,' get at me — Snoop Dogg wants to be a vampire."

True Blood follows the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional small Louisiana town.

The first season of the HBO series is currently being screened in the UK on Channel 4.

'Gangsta Luv' is the first single to be taken from Snoop Dogg's new album 'Malice n Wonderland', which is released in December.

(by Jason Gregory)