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Rhymes & Misdemeanours: Missy Elliott Gets Her Freak On

Amy Linden, XXL, July 2001

The expression "It takes a village to raise a child" has quickly morphed from sage African proverb to the Have a Nice Day of social engineering. Yet despite its greeting card ubiquity, the truth is that it never hurts to have an extra hand around if you have kids.

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