Key Glock Pays Homage to Founder of "Glock" Firearm Company, Gaston Glock

Rapper Key Glock paid homage to Gaston Glock, the inventor of the "Glock" firearm after news broke that he died at 94. Key Glock took to X to write, "RIP UNK." 

Glock founded the company in 1963 after creating the prototype in a metalworking shop in his garage where he manufactured knives and curtain rods. By the early 1980s, Gaston created the semi-automatic Glock service pistol for the Austrian military. A few years later, Glock pistols were introduced to the U.S. market.

While Glocks are known around the world, they are also referenced in various hip-hop songs, including 2Pac's legendary diss track "Hit 'Em Up," where he raps, "Grab ya Glocks, when you see 2Pac/Call the cops, when you see 2Pac." Years later, rappers Key Glock and 9lokkNine would name themselves after the firearm. 

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