Many of you might remember this actor from the 1995 film, “Panthers,” where he played the late Black Panther founder, Huey P. Newton. He also starred in “The Matrix” movie (the first installment) and in “Roots” back in the day, as well as in several other roles. We knew Warner Bros. actually had him arrested after the film was released (we’ll get to that in a minute), but what we didn’t know was that his dad is a VERY popular Old School actor who we ALL know and both of them have been involved in controversies throughout the years. Check this out ILOSM fam’…

MARCUS CHONG’S DAD IS ACTOR, TOMMY CHONG (Of “Cheech And Chong)

Marcus Chong’s dad is actor, Tommy Chong! Remember him from the “Cheech and Chong” movies back in the day?!! The 85-year-old actor actually adopted Marcus in 1978. Marcus (55) is African American and Chinese, and his birth father is a successful (retired) news broadcaster in San Franciso, CA. Not sure why Marcus was adopted by Tommy and his then-wife, Shelby Fiddis, but Tommy is who he knows as his father. I tell ya’ we learn something new around here everyday. SEE WHY WARNER BROS. HAD MARCUS CHONG ARRESTED…

MARCUS CHONG GOT THROWN OUT OF WARNER BROS. STUDIOS?

In an interview with IAmSoNotHollywood, Marcus Chong said Warner Bros. gave him an “illegal” non-union deal for “The Matrix” movie. The purpose of an actor being in a union, like SAG, is so they’re rights are protected and their contracts are honored. After asking Warner Bros. film producers, Larry and Andrew Wachowski about it, Chong says he was excluded from the film’s promo events and ultimately physically thrown out of the movie premiere by bodyguards at Warner Bros. Studio! After the films huge success, Chong says the producers constantly called him to do a sequel and even drew up a contract behind he and his agent’s back, but he refused to sign. Chong was resistant because:

“They [the Matrix film producers] wanted to starve me out, hold all my money, take all my residuals, not give me any pension credit, not give me any health credit, and I was upset because I had worked for Warner Bros. when I was 10 years old in “Roots,” so they had a long relationship with me,” says Chong.

Later Chong said he was “threatened” by Steven Slack, who was apparently affiliated with the producers for Warner Bros. at that time and wait ’til you see what Marcus said happened next!…

DEATH THREATS & ARRESTS?!!

Marcus Chong said after having a heated meeting with Warner Bros.’ Steven Slack, Slack called him and asked for his address and when he asked Slack what he wanted it for, Chong says that Slack told him he “couldn’t say it over the phone.” So Chong told him “I’m taking that as a threat, don’t come near my house.” After the threat, Chong got a small camera crew and went to the police station to report and document the threat by and to also report that Warner Bros. had “stolen” his money, but within 15 seconds Chong said the police arrested him instead:

“I was arrested because when Steve Slack made that invisible threat, I called Larry and Andrew Wachowski, on their voicemail and I said ‘Hey Larry, Andy, if you send anyone to my home, to fu*king harm me, I will c0me and kill you and your brother. That’s not a threat if they’re gon’ send someone to my home. But they took that and they used it as if it were a threat…anybody who comes to someone’s home, you should expect to get shot. […] I don’t own a gun, never have,” says Chong.

Chong says that Warner Bros. had sent a recording of the voicemail, along with photos of him dressed as a Black Panther from his ’95 film, “Panthers,” to the CIA, FBI, and LAPD, in an attempt to silence him from making a documentary that was going to out their allegedly shady business practices. And there it is folks…this was just a big mess. You can hear Marcus’ complete interview here.

Marcus wasn’t the only one in his fam’ with legal problems though, see why his dad, Tommy Chong, got locked up for 9 months…

TOMMY CHONG ARRESTED IN A STING OPERATION

Marcus,’ adoptive father, Tommy Chong, is another one who stands up for what he believes in and one thing he firmly believes in are the healing benefits of marijuana. He’s a pro-activist for the nationwide legalization of weed and in 2003 he had to serve time over it. After a major sting operation by the feds, Chong was arrested, along with 54 other people for shipping bongs (a marijuana smoking accessory) to the state of Pennsylvania, which was illegal at that time. He actually didn’t do it, but his other son, Paris Chong, did, and in exchange for his son and wife being set free, Chong offered a plea deal and his celebrity, which the courts happily accepted.  He ended up serving nine months in prison.

The post “The Matrix” Actor’s Dad Is An Icon, And They Were Once Arrested For Very Different Reasons appeared first on I Love Old School Music.

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Though Tommy and Rae Dawn Chong share the same last name, most fans never knew that “Squeak” from The Color Purple a.k.a. “Harpo’s” high pitched voiced wife- was related to Tommy. She and her Pops are very close though…so close, that he defended her controversial bashing of her Color Purple co-star, Oprah Winfrey.

A few years ago, Rae caught major flack for the way she dragged Oprah Winfrey in on Matty P’s Radio Happy Hour internet radio show, as she recalled the tension between them and she took several low blows.

NOW See Why She Called Oprah A “House Ni&&er”

“Miss Sofia” & “Squeaky” Had Beef Real Life?…

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Rae Dawn Chong said everything was all good between her and Oprah Winfrey while filming the 1985 classic, The Color Purple, but that Oprah turned into a “total bee-yotch” after Rae filmed her next big movie, Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger- also released in ’85:

“I starred in Commando. And she just wasn’t having me. She’s competitive. She didn’t like me. She just wasn’t having me.”

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During her slamming of Oprah, she called her everything from a “brown noser,” to a “fat chick” who would have been a “field nigger” instead of a house nigger during slavery…

– “If you look at the way [Oprah] looks, she looks like 60 years ago she would have been a house keeper luckily. She would have not been a house n**ger she would have been a field n**ger.”

– “She’s so enormously insecure. If you wanna distill Oprah Winfrey down to like her most basic components. She wants to be beautiful.”

-“Imagine being [Oprah]. She has all of the world. All the power in the world … and she only wants something that is only chemical, purely impossible.”

That Ain’t All She Had To Say Though

Rae Dawn Chong continued with more jabs…

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– “The thing that’s really great about Oprah that you can’t take away from her, is that she’s a great brown-noser. … If you were in a room with her, she would pick the most powerful person and she’ll become best friends with them.”

– “When we worked with her the one thing about Oprah, she was that fat chick that was the wannabe cheerleader in school, that was the student council president that was best friends with the principal.”

Rae also gave Oprah a nice-nasty compliment for being a self-made mogul:

“No matter how vile she is, you kinda gotta go, ‘hello hats off’ like, you’ve done an amazing thing you have actually shifted the DNA of the universe.”

After Backlash, Rae ‘Clarified’ Her Comments…

Following the backlash, Rae Dawn and her Pops spoke out in her defense and to offer further clarity into why she went at Oprah so hard.

In a now private Youtube response, Rae said she “regrets” some of her remarks about Oprah, but not all of them:

R.D. Chong: “I told my story about my experiences with O… Will I have to live under armed guard for ten years because of this? You know people think I just sat back and called O a bunch of ugly names and blasted her just because? It just isn’t true.”

Tommy Chong’s Response…
Tommy Chong also said his daughter’s statements were “taken out of context”:

“If you think of what [Rae Dawn] said, she said back in the day Oprah would be working in the field because she’s not that beautiful…whereas if you’re beautiful, you’re part of the master’s bedroom,” stated Tommy Chong.

Moral of the story: Don’t say something you may regret later…unless you’re bold enough to stand by it, no matter the consequences.

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Though Tommy and Rae Dawn Chong share the same last name, most fans never knew that “Squeak” from The Color Purple a.k.a. “Harpo’s” high pitched voiced wife- was related to Tommy. She and her Pops are very close though…so close, that he defended her controversial bashing of her Color Purple co-star, Oprah Winfrey.

A few years ago, Rae caught major flack for the way she dragged Oprah Winfrey in on Matty P’s Radio Happy Hour internet radio show, as she recalled the tension between them and she took several low blows.

NOW See Why She Called Oprah A “House Ni&&er”

“Miss Sofia” & “Squeaky” Had Beef Real Life?…

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Rae Dawn Chong said everything was all good between her and Oprah Winfrey while filming the 1985 classic, The Color Purple, but that Oprah turned into a “total bee-yotch” after Rae filmed her next big movie, Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger- also released in ’85:

“I starred in Commando. And she just wasn’t having me. She’s competitive. She didn’t like me. She just wasn’t having me.”

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During her slamming of Oprah, she called her everything from a “brown noser,” to a “fat chick” who would have been a “field nigger” instead of a house nigger during slavery…

– “If you look at the way [Oprah] looks, she looks like 60 years ago she would have been a house keeper luckily. She would have not been a house n**ger she would have been a field n**ger.”

– “She’s so enormously insecure. If you wanna distill Oprah Winfrey down to like her most basic components. She wants to be beautiful.”

-“Imagine being [Oprah]. She has all of the world. All the power in the world … and she only wants something that is only chemical, purely impossible.”

That Ain’t All She Had To Say Though

Rae Dawn Chong continued with more jabs…

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– “The thing that’s really great about Oprah that you can’t take away from her, is that she’s a great brown-noser. … If you were in a room with her, she would pick the most powerful person and she’ll become best friends with them.”

– “When we worked with her the one thing about Oprah, she was that fat chick that was the wannabe cheerleader in school, that was the student council president that was best friends with the principal.”

Rae also gave Oprah a nice-nasty compliment for being a self-made mogul:

“No matter how vile she is, you kinda gotta go, ‘hello hats off’ like, you’ve done an amazing thing you have actually shifted the DNA of the universe.”

After Backlash, Rae ‘Clarified’ Her Comments…

Following the backlash, Rae Dawn and her Pops spoke out in her defense and to offer further clarity into why she went at Oprah so hard.

In a now private Youtube response, Rae said she “regrets” some of her remarks about Oprah, but not all of them:

R.D. Chong: “I told my story about my experiences with O… Will I have to live under armed guard for ten years because of this? You know people think I just sat back and called O a bunch of ugly names and blasted her just because? It just isn’t true.”

Tommy Chong’s Response…
Tommy Chong also said his daughter’s statements were “taken out of context”:

“If you think of what [Rae Dawn] said, she said back in the day Oprah would be working in the field because she’s not that beautiful…whereas if you’re beautiful, you’re part of the master’s bedroom,” stated Tommy Chong.

Moral of the story: Don’t say something you may regret later…unless you’re bold enough to stand by it, no matter the consequences.

The post Cheech&Chong Star Defends Biracial Daughter Who Called Out Her Co-Star Oprah As A “Field N****r” appeared first on I Love Old School Music.

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Chong Of “Cheech & Chong” Be The Pappy!

Marcus Chong’s dad is actor, Tommy Chong! Remember him from the “Cheech and Chong” movies back in the day?!! Tommy actually adopted Marcus in 1978. Marcus (53) is African American and Chinese. His birth father is Martin Wyatt, a retired African American news broadcaster in San Francisco, CA; and his birth mother is Juanita Wyatt, whom is Chinese-American.

Not sure why Marcus was adopted by Tommy and his then wife, Shelby Fiddis, but Tommy is who he knows as his father. I tell ya’ we learn something new around here everyday. See why Marcus Chong claims that Warner Bros.’ producers set him up and had him arrested below…

Marcus Chong Tells Why He Was Kicked Off “Matrix”

In an interview with IAmSoNotHollywood, Marcus Chong said Warner Bros. gave him an “illegal” non-union deal for “The Matrix” movie. The purpose of an actor being in a union, like SAG, is so their rights are protected and their contracts are honored. After asking Warner Bros. film producers, Larry and Andrew Wachowski about it, Chong says he was excluded from the film’s promo events, and ultimately physically thrown out of the movie premiere by bodyguards at Warner Bros. Studio.

Just because I am comfortable talking about the matter does not mean that I am an angry person. My documentary is new, brand new. I discuss all events throughout my career for better or worse

— Marcus Chong (@MarcusChongsite) April 1, 2018

After the film’s huge success, Chong says the producers constantly called him to do a sequel and even drew up a contract behind his and his agent’s back…but he refused to sign. Chong was resistant because:

“They [the Matrix film producers] wanted to starve me out, hold all my money, take all my residuals, not give me any pension credit, not give me any health credit, and I was upset because I had worked for Warner Bros. when I was 10 years old in ‘Roots,’ so they had a long relationship with me,” says Chong.

"Marcus, if you don't do the Matrix sequels, we will kill you." Larry Wachowski quote July 8, 2000

— Marcus Chong (@MarcusChongsite) April 22, 2018

Later Chong said he was then “threatened”…

(Video) Death Threat Claims & Arrest?!!

Marcus Chong said after having a heated meeting with Warner Bros.’ Steven Slack, Slack called him and asked for his address. He claims that when he asked Slack what he wanted his address for, Chong says Slack told him he “couldn’t say it over the phone.” So Chong told him “I’m taking that as a threat, don’t come near my house.” After the threat, Chong got a small camera crew and went to the police station to report and document the perceived threat by, as well as to report that Warner Bros. had “stolen” his money. However, within 15 seconds Chong said the police arrested him instead:

“I was arrested because when Steve Slack made that invisible threat, I called Larry and Andrew Wachowski, on their voicemail and I said ‘Hey Larry, Andy, if you send anyone to my home, to fu*king harm me, I will c0me and kill you and your brother. That’s not a threat if they’re gon’ send someone to my home. But they took that and they used it as if it were a threat…anybody who comes to someone’s home, you should expect to get shot. […] I don’t own a gun, never have,” says Chong.

Marcus Chong also claims that Warner Bros.  sent a recording of the voicemail –along with photos of him dressed as a Black Panther from his 1995 film, “Panthers”– to the CIA, FBI, and LAPD, in an attempt to silence him from making a documentary that was going to air out their allegedly shady business practices. And there it is folks…this was just a big mess. Not sure what the final result of this situation was, but hopefully it ended on a far better note than it started.

The post “Matrix” Actor Tells Why Warner Bros. Producers Had Him Arrested…And His Dad Is Famous Too appeared first on I Love Old School Music.

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Chong Of “Cheech & Chong” Be The Pappy!

Marcus Chong’s dad is actor, Tommy Chong! Remember him from the “Cheech and Chong” movies back in the day?!! Tommy actually adopted Marcus in 1978. Marcus (48) is African American and Chinese and his birth father is a successful (retired) news broadcaster in San Francisco, CA.

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Not sure why Marcus was adopted by Tommy and his then wife, Shelby Fiddis, but Tommy is who he knows as his father. I tell ya’ we learn something new around here everyday. See why Marcus Chong claims that Warner Bros.’ producers set him up and had him arrested below…

Marcus Chong Tells Why He Was Kicked Off “Matrix”

In an interview with IAmSoNotHollywood, Marcus Chong said Warner Bros. gave him an “illegal” non-union deal for “The Matrix” movie. The purpose of an actor being in a union, like SAG, is so they’re rights are protected and their contracts are honored. After asking Warner Bros. film producers, Larry and Andrew Wachowski about it, Chong says he was excluded from the film’s promo events and ultimately physically thrown out of the movie premiere by bodyguards at Warner Bros. Studio!

Just because I am comfortable talking about the matter does not mean that I am an angry person. My documentary is new, brand new. I discuss all events throughout my career for better or worse

— Marcus Chong (@MarcusChongsite) April 1, 2018

After the films huge success, Chong says the producers constantly called him to do a sequel and even drew up a contract behind he and his agent’s back, but he refused to sign. Chong was resistant because:

“They [the Matrix film producers] wanted to starve me out, hold all my money, take all my residuals, not give me any pension credit, not give me any health credit, and I was upset because I had worked for Warner Bros. when I was 10 years old in ‘Roots,’ so they had a long relationship with me,” says Chong.

"Marcus, if you don't do the Matrix sequels, we will kill you." Larry Wachowski quote July 8, 2000

— Marcus Chong (@MarcusChongsite) April 22, 2018

Later Chong said he was then “threatened”…

(Video) Death Threat Claims & Arrest?!!

Marcus Chong said after having a heated meeting with Warner Bros.’ Steven Slack, Slack called him and asked for his address and when he asked Slack what he wanted it for, Chong says Slack told him he “couldn’t say it over the phone.” So Chong told him “I’m taking that as a threat, don’t come near my house.” After the threat, Chong got a small camera crew and went to the police station to report and document the threat by and to also report that Warner Bros. had “stolen” his money, but within 15 seconds Chong said the police arrested him instead:

“I was arrested because when Steve Slack made that invisible threat, I called Larry and Andrew Wachowski, on their voicemail and I said ‘Hey Larry, Andy, if you send anyone to my home, to fu*king harm me, I will c0me and kill you and your brother. That’s not a threat if they’re gon’ send someone to my home. But they took that and they used it as if it were a threat…anybody who comes to someone’s home, you should expect to get shot. […] I don’t own a gun, never have,” says Chong.

Chong also claims that Warner Bros.  sent a recording of the voicemail, along with photos of him dressed as a Black Panther from his 1995 film, “Panthers,” to the CIA, FBI, and LAPD, in an attempt to silence him from making a documentary that was going to air out their allegedly shady business practices. And there it is folks…this was just a big mess.

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