Richard “Cheech” Marin’s 1987 film, “Born in East L.A.,” is resurfacing amid America’s conversation over immigration policy. The comedy achieves what shouting can’t. It entertains and provokes ...

Cheech and Chong & More Cheech, who grew up in East Los Angeles with Mexican parents, had been making his way through Canada when he met up with Chong, a Canuck with a Scottish and Irish mother ...

Now, longtime Cheech and Chong fans or those who want ... It also gave him a sense of pride as a Latino, he said. Marin grew up in East Los Angeles, the son of Mexican American parents; his ...

He grew up in Boyle Heights, the Jewish section of East L.A., and recognized the characters Cheech and Chong were doing. They signed a deal with Adler, who had his own record company, in April ...

After more than 50 years of friendship, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have had ... starring in and making his directorial with Born in East L.A. (1987).