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'Saturday Night Live' Sketch Gives 'Game of Thrones' an Eighth Kingdom – South Centros!

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, left, and Taraji P. Henson as Jon Snow in a scene from a 'Saturday Night Live' parody of 'Game of Thrones' and 'Boyz n The Hood' on April 11, 2015. | NBC

As if the seven Kingdoms in "Game of Thrones" are not enough, "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) introduces an eighth kingdom – Welcome to South Centros! This new kingdom is SNL's imagined cross-over between "Game of Thrones" and John Singleton's "Boyz n the Hood."

The parody features Kenan Thompson dressed in Jon Snow-like attire playing Ice Cube. We also have Leslie Jones spoofing Brienne and host Taraji P. Henson getting emotional over the Red Wedding. We even have Nikolaj Coster-Waldau playing Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer in "Game of Thrones," showing up and joining in the fun.

"Boyz in the Hood" is a 1991 American hood drama written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut. It stars Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long and Angela Basset. It was the film debut for Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut.

Depicting life in South Central Los Angeles, the film was released on July 12, 1991 and was nominated for both Best Director and Original Screenplay during the 1991 Academy Awards. Singleton became the youngest person and the first African-American ever nominated for Best Director.

The parody from SNL was shown right before the premiere of Episode 1 of "Game of Thrones" Season 5. It showed a lot of hilarious scenes that made fun of both "Boyz n the Hood" and "Game of Thrones" where there's a lot of senseless violence and deaths and widespread suffering while the rich and powerful families, like the Lannister, enjoy a good life. The parody also depicted overflowing family drama where the main character that "Ice Cube" (Kenan Thompson) plays, dies.