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Brokencyde speak back against recent slander
Albuquerque NM crunkcore innovators Brokencyde have released a statement in response to the news media after multiple outlets published a story stating that the group had been arrested.   The story began as a hoax perpetrated by a student in Canada who set up a fake version of the entertainment news website TMZ and claimed Brokencyde had been arrested on charges of child pornography, rape, and drug use. The fake website prompted many credible media outlets to publish the story as news.   "Usually the rumors about Brokencyde are funny and we can just laugh them off, but this time they've completely crossed the line," commented Mikl from Brokencyde. "To have someone accuse us of such horrendous crimes is upsetting to everyone in the band. The members of Brokencyde have families, brothers, sisters, and some of us have children of our own. So to have our names dragged through the mud because people have nothing better to do than create lies and spread rumors is complete b...