He has amassed an impressive collection and has collaborated with the city of Riverside, California to establish The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry. Cheech uses his fame ...

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Cheech Marin, a Mexican American comedian, actor, musician, and art collector. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.

Cheech Marin is an actor, director, writer, musician, art collector, and humanitarian. In the mid-1980s, he began developing what is now arguably the finest private collection of Chicano art.