Whitmer approves new track and nickname from local rapper: 'Big Gretch says stay home and stay safe'

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1. Detroit rapper raises money to buy Gov. Whitmer her own pair of 'Buffs'

Local artists Payroll Giovanni, HBK, Quis, and Chaz Bling are just a few of Hutch's Jewelry's impressive list of well-known clients from around the Detroit area.

And the jeweler added Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to that list this week, supplying her with a pair of Cartier C Décor marbled white Buffalo horn sunglasses valued at over $2,500. In Detroit, the popular frames are affectionately referred to as "Buffs" or "white sticks" and earning them is a high honor among residents.

"Detroit is the Cartier capital," said Darrel Hasty, salesperson and brand ambassador for Hutch's Jewelry. "So for Detroiters to be loving Gretchen the way they are, I think it's only right that she receives a pair of Buffs."

Gov. Whitmer did not purchase the white Buffs herself. They were gifted to her through a GoFundMe account setup by self-proclaimed "King of Comedy Parody Rap" Gmac Cash. After releasing a song Saturday titled "Big Gretch," which praised Gov. Whitmer's response to the novel coronavirus and defended her against her critics and protesters of her policies, he decided to launch a campaign to officially give the governor her Buffs.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/2020/05/05/whitmer-buffs-big-gretch-gmac-cash/3083097001/