Officer Ricky has been stirring up quite a buzz this year from his beef with 50 Cent and the drama surrounding his baby mama to the prospect of having hype man Diddy (“take that, take that”) as his manager.  It seems like Rick Ross’ career is picking up momentum again, much like a few summers ago with hit songs like “The Boss” and “Magnificent”. Gearing up for the release of his new album Teflon Don set to drop July 6th– he’s gracing the The Source magazine’s double cover “Summer Heat” issue which also features Ludacris on the other side.

Sidebar: Ricky tore up that plate, yet he looks like he’s still hungry…smh

Now that he’s on his way to becoming the next Notorious B.I.G. with the help of Diddy of course, rapper Rick Ross has made a conscious decision to push his album back. Officer Ricky’s Teflon Don was set to drop June 29th the same day Diddy’s  Last Train To Paris drops, but he’s decided to push it back out of respect for his homie. He says,

“It was a real good move. I felt like the June 29th was a little too premature, that was the date my homie Diddy was coming out on anyway. And you know that’s the homie, so I felt like coming in the early July, middle July was best for me from day one. Adding, “But it’s always good anyway man, as long as you’re setting up all your pieces in the right place. You’re setting your radio up, you’re setting your marketing up, the rest of that s**t come in place when you got hits.”

Either officer Ricky knows he’s probably going to sell more albums or he just doesn’t want to ruin his relationship with Diddy. But is pushing his album back really a smart move?!