Escobar Cigars has soft-launched a new cigar called Nasty Esco, which will get a full release later this summer.
Details are largely being kept under wraps for now, but the cigar is made at PDR Cigars and is described as a “premium yet low retail cost” offering. It’s being offered in at least a robusto vitola, while a teaser image indicates there is habano tobacco in the blend.
It is the first cigar in what the company is calling the Light-Years Collection, which is being developed to mirror the album path of Nasir “Nas” Jones, the Grammy Award-winning rapper, entrepreneur and producer. Nas began his career under the name Nasty Nas and adopted the Escobar persona during the mid-1990s. Jones joined the brand’s parent company, Puros Privados, as a co-owner and equity partner in Escobar Cigars in August 2021. In December 2025, Nas and DJ Premier released “Light-Years”, a studio album that had been in the works since 2006. There is a track on the album called “Nasty Esco Nasir,” in which he references cigars, saying “even make our own cigars top tier.”
The cigars are currently available exclusively via Escobar Cigars’ website, where customers will receive one with a purchase of $50 or more, while supplies last. They are slated to get a wider release this summer.
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