Snoop Dogg became an investor with the Welsh side ‌in July, along with Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, while ‌businesswoman and television personality Martha Stewart joined as a minority co-owner in December.

"I want to be real hands on, I want to ⁠take the club in a direction maybe it hasn't ‌been before," Snoop Dogg told Wales Online on ​Saturday.

"We want to take Swansea to the Premier League, and to do that we are going to need money - that's the reality of the game these days."

Swansea are 16th ‌in the English second-tier Championship, with more than half of the season played, and a long way from a play-off spot, ⁠but the 54-year-old American still believes the season can provide some positives.

"It's been steady and even though Swansea is a long-term project, we got to still dream for this season," he said.

"In the Championship you always got to believe that play-off place is alive, in this game you got to dream."

He praised the team's supporters, saying ⁠he wanted to engage with them ‌and listen to their views to better understand the club.

"These fans are passionate, they are real, and I want to hear what they got to say when ⁠I am in Swansea," he ​added.