It is authentic. LAPD verified in a press conference that the two were previously deported in late 2012 and had ties to Mexican gangs but were Armenian. The Armenians in the gang world in LA run with the Surenos and that is verified through multiple sources.

What makes this interesting is the two gangbangers have ended up being partially sponsored by Hezbollah to help defend an Armenian Christian enclave in Aleppo that has been repeatedly targeted by Muslims who are more extremist than Hezbollah.

I'll say this, it is worth a few good chuckles to see how those two got the entire war intelligence world in an uproar. They are now internationally notoriously famous gangbangers proving themselves to be more "real" than most rappers. I wonder at this point if they even know how famous they have become.