Capital Steez - The Story of King Capital

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0:00 - early life
0:50 - highschool
2:35 - survival tactics
2:48 - amerikkkan korruption
3:26 - the industry influence
6:14 - the fall off
7:17 - the final days
9:52 - The end
11:12 - the aftershock
11:48 - legacy
13:21 - outro
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Capital steez was born Courntey Everald dewar Jr in the summer of 1993 to Jamaican parents
growing up in brooklyn in the 90’s he would be influenced and surrounded by music his whole life.
With rap legends like jay z, biggie, NAS, mos def, 50 and many more calling the borough their home, It wouldn’t be long before Courtney, now going by Jamal, would try his hand at rapping.
In 2009 at just 12, he released a joint mixtape called the yellow tape with his then best friend jahkari jack. And The two formed the rap group called Saturday morning breakfast
Fast forward to high-school and Jamal’s love for music was stronger than ever.
He attended Brooklyn’s Edward R. Murrow High School a public highschool where The Beastie Boy’s and even the legendary jean Michel Basquiat were all former students.
The school was founded as an alternative to traditional education and encouraged students to take interest in the arts.
As a highschooler steez and his friends would roam around the city skating and smoking and even going as far as to break onto campus after hours to skate around.
See Steez had become known around the school for his rhyming skills.
And One day while steez was in the cafeteria he walked up to a skinny freshman who had been filming raps and posting them to KZbin under the name JayOhVee, and asked if that was him.
That freshman was Joey bada$$
Because Murrow high encouraged art so much, students were given free periods to do any artistic activity they wanted.
So naturally steez and his new found friends would spend these scheduled times hosting cyphers in the hallways and recording out of loose studios.
The group of Steez, powers pleasant, Joey bada$$, and CJ fly would go bar for bar and come back each day trying to out-do each other and it wouldn’t be LONG before this group of talented young men would make their first big wave in the industry
in February of 2012 Joey bada$$ and Capital STEEZ released the song survival tactics.
within weeks survival tactics had garnered over a 100 thousand views and as of the recording of this video now sits at over 20 million.
Less than two months later in April of 2012 Capital steez was gearing up to drop his debut mixtape amerikkkan corruption.
Who’s name was inspired by the ice cube album amerikkka’s most wanted.
The number 47 played a big part in the album promo and steez described 47 as the perfect number.
While the two friends geared up to drop their debut mixtapes 1999 and amerikkkan corruption respectively
Joey was contacted by Jonny Shipes, the CEO of Cinematic Music Group, who had stumbled across a video of joey freestyling on KZbin.
Joey was just 16 at the time, but his mother worked out an arrangement with Shipes so the two could work together without signing any contracts until ready to do so.
Shipes tried everything in his power to convince Joey to leave the rest of pro era behind
But joey was adamant that Pro Era be a part of whatever situation they worked out.
Suddenly, the crew had the backing of a manager and a promotional team while most of its members were still in high school.
At the same time steez dropped out of the community college in Brooklyn that he had enrolled in, and started to hone his image,
growing out his signature dreadlocks and working hard to lose weight
Months later, steez had transformed from a chubby kid into a slim rapper with tattoos seemingly overnight.
As the two garnered more fame. Jonny would set up tours, music videos and publicity for strictly joey
and by the time joey was ready to drop his mixtape 1999 in June.
He already had 2 music videos ready to drop as well as several intervi......
#CapitalSTEEZ #JoeyBadass #ProEra

[@aburntlightskin]

My bad about the audio and yes i know nas and 50 aren't from brooklyn

[@bigdaddypiggy]

As a 50 year old man who has gone thru alcoholism,drug addiction & physical abuse as a child I want to say to these young guys it will get better

[@sushirollart3722]

u drank alcohol as a kid?

[@mastertrey4683]

@@sushirollart3722 alcoholism, drug addiction, and (physical abuse as a child)

[@copyninja8756]

Thanks king

[@snow1366]

Thank you 🙏

[@nuribell1]

49 same thing, the world is yours. Elevate 👑

[@sillythygoose]

I always thought that if Steez was still alive today he would be up there with Kendrick and J. Cole. He was so young and already so good. Its such a shame what happened. RIP Steez

[@HristinaNicole]

His rapping style even reminds me kind of j cole

[@jessesharpe9740]

I hate to say it but as I've traveled around the country, I've met a lot of folks like Steez. Brilliant talents with unbelievable inner beauty. So many of them end up on the street or dead. Some of them make it, most of them don't. Steez could have ended up embroiled in conspiracy and stuck in limbo or he could have reached the brilliance of the best rappers. We'll never know, but talent exists in a different category then success and that fact has a lot of significance in our loss of this undeniably genius artist.

[@brighthought11]

@@jessesharpe9740 truth

[@matwithonet1984]

He was on another level of genius mind almost like a prophet. STEEZ wouldn't have been on the same level as J Cole, Lamar. He WAS already on that level. He would be past them.

[@gorddihiryn444]

I appreciate this one man, I really believe steez could’ve been one of the best rn if he was still alive, his story is so fascinating too, so thank you

[@aburntlightskin]

Couldn't agree more

[@HeyYall_BynxHere]

youngboy better

[@animewn1970]

@@HeyYall_BynxHere kid grow up

[@HeyYall_BynxHere]

@@animewn1970 ? it’s my opinions bro you don’t gotta b rude about it.

[@cuddersbeenback]

He was already on Kendrick and j cole level at only 19

[@bobo21D]

In my late teens I was beginning to realize how dark the world is and that made me depressed and extremely pessimistic. Keep pushing bros, you will figure out how to bring good into the world.

[@savagestyles1606]

Thank you bro. I’m 20 right now and since 18 and covid started it feels like my whole perspective changed towards pessimism. However, over the last few months I’ve felt myself re-emerge. People need to understand that periods of depression and pessimism can last long AF... so long you think it’s never going to end.. but it does, especially if you are actively trying to fix it.

[@esquero]

Same. I did prison time from 18-21 and it changed my perception

[@mihlebakhu4159]

Thank you bro. God bless you and protect you 🙏 you are angel 😇 47

[@mitahalf]

Yeah but u know why kids like STEEZ and Thousands/millions not here? Because they wanted to do something about it and they was going for it. Joey badass now saying he was trying to take it slow, Like this is not something u chose, steez Seen a crack in the curtains and he was feeling to keep opening it more and more and more, Back then Joey would hear Steve's say some shxt and he be be like what the fuck👀 The adults in charge of promoting them Made sure To leave out steez if they could because They knew where steez mind And intentions were, Joey became aware with time of what steez was pushing with time, But he didn't choose to take a slow like hes saying now, You know capital steez and a lot of people didn't have The Choice they realized this shit bugs you out because no one is talking about it especially when you tell people and they look at u as crazy or tell u shut up it's like it push you to even go deeper it's not a choice, It only becomes a choice once you fully understand then it becomes a choice but when something is brand new you still want to keep going down the rabbit hole and fully understand, now a lot of people don't like it but people like capital steez, they was very curious and brave and they wanted to see the unseen and you know

[@ASAPJermz]

Through the grace of God we all can be forgiven. That's why every morning I wake up & thank God for everything I have & been through. All of those things shaped me into a solid man with morals, structure & ambitions. I always say what energy you put out into the world is what will come back to you, and that's sincerely true! 💯

[@r.i.psteez929]

R.I.P STEEZ ㄣ⃒ I still remember the first time I heard him on Survival Tactics, it was just 2 dope lyricists with so much energy. I’m only 18, I discovered STEEZ in 10th grade, so in like 2019, I remember just being so interested and felt extremely shocked to find out he’d been dead since 2012, but that didn’t stop me from going and hearing his discography. I just wish he’d waited a bit longer, he was ahead of his time and would’ve had so many fans rn. What makes it worse is that MF DOOM is gone now too, one of Steelo’s biggest inspirations. I know they’re up there cookin up classics but it really sucks to know that you can’t ever meet some of your biggest idols.

[@spreadplays]

Same!!!!!

[@isaacchapman393]

Maybe you need to get laid😂😂

[@truman5838]

He's in Hell. He killed himself.

[@BETTEROFFDEADnz]

Tru man shut your mouth

[@MonkoK14]

@@truman5838 fuck outta here

[@yungapoc]

Amerikkkan korruption remains as easily one of the best pound for pound first albums anyone has every released. RIP Steez

[@check2000]

relaaax

[@rhino5250]

@@check2000 and take notes

[@ronaldoh80]

@@rhino5250 chill biggie

[@TonTon.2142]

BIG FACTS. If we’re talking “classic”, lyrical hip hop. STEEZ was different, man.

[@RC--gn6mt]

He was Fr sparrin with a knife in a missile fight

[@piefort99]

I think this is the most thoughtful/informative video about Steez ive seen

[@aburntlightskin]

Appreciate you watching

[@Liam1706.]

I've been a fan of steez for a while now and I've tried looking deeper into around the 2012 time but never found a lot about him. I don't know how you found a lot of this information but it's good to finally know

[@tristanmoore9500]

ever heard of reddit? 💀

[@zaheerunteathered4224]

@@tristanmoore9500 ever heard of being nice😴

[@tristanmoore9500]

@@zaheerunteathered4224 i didn’t mean it in a rude way lol i was just trying to be funny, im sorry if i came off that way it wasn’t my intention

[@zaheerunteathered4224]

@@tristanmoore9500 iss all good

[@BennyBundles]

@@zaheerunteathered4224 only in a Steez comment section can toxicity be diffused instantly 47 RIP to STEELO, Forever the KING

[@YouMyNInja]

This death broke my heart. I was in 7th grade when he died. Me and the homies would rap survival tactics in the hallways everyday. Steez put me on a great path with learning more about myself and the world we live in. He taught me how to look into things for myself and learn what my truth is. I even grew my hair out to try to get the free forms. One of the greatest minds to walk the earth. With the power to influence a nation. Glad to say I was 1 of those 15,000 who downloaded AK. Jay Steez will forever be one of my favorite rappers. 47 4L.

[@BossinAZ_EnT]

What’s the “free forms” excuse my ignorance I just wanna know

[@getegoedxd]

@@BossinAZ_EnT hairstyle

[@cuddersbeenback]

STEEZ will always be one of my fave’s to

[@YouMyNInja]

@@BossinAZ_EnT it’s when you just let your hair grow and lock on it’s own without you doing much to it

[@BossinAZ_EnT]

47 likes let’s keep the peace haha

[@watergangmilkx6880]

His death is still sad to this day… Great video man! 47 til infinity

[@aburntlightskin]

appreciate you watching

[@ltfelts]

He was sacrificed

[@J0oBies]

@@ltfelts weirdo

[@truthfulpurpose]

@@ltfelts yup

[@acefula6585]

Sacrificed by who?

[@mogo5055]

Damn it's hard to believe it's almost been a decade. Without a doubt one of the most tragic losses of that era. Hurts even worse when you realize he easily could have found his success today with the ways the industry has changed. RIP King Steelo, gone but never forgotten.

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

succes is a vert subjective, word, in this modern fandom idolising age, all these suburban nihilistic whyte teens think being worshipped by y'all is the highest thing achievable... Many sees succes as something entirely different. People have lost their soul, and dont even know what it is anymore. Damn.. 'success' so much is overused these days into complete meaninglessness.

[@mogo5055]

@@Stoney-Jacksman allow me to elucidate then. I mean financial and career success. I'm not saying he wasn't successful in his life, just that the ways the internet has changed how we interact with music (and the artists that make it) could have taken his devoted cult following to another level. Fuck a hero. I want fulfilled artists.

[@postbloom9767]

​@@Stoney-Jacksman bro what lol. you know he meant career success, making good money

[@PlatinumHustle]

Dude literally got a certain shirt on in the thumbnail…cmon now 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤔

[@mogo5055]

@@PlatinumHustle Baphomet is an occult symbol that represents growth and transformation. Please take your bible thumper nonsense to someone who cares. 😚

[@paulisthelegend]

19 years old. Damn… I had no idea steez was that young. Something about him was different to everyone else. Huge loss

[@eiv3959]

The fact more people haven’t watched this video goes to show how truly underrated this man was. For anyone who is struggling, the world will not fail you, just have faith. I love you.

[@liamneeson1368]

You forgot to mention his father passing and also his rap partner in the group he was in before also passed...that’s a BIG part of why he ended up feeling the way he felt he mentioned that in multiple songs....decent video thought

[@nelsondavies1731]

Where can you find info on this ?

[@whatisakek9417]

Not just that. Listen to Free the robots

[@irvingsl]

I still remember the day he passed shit was crazy. I was a Sophomore in high school, I was a die hard fan for dude at the time.

[@TheDamnWinner]

I was a sophomore or junior as well. It was like the first REAL time a rapper or celebrity in general who i was a huge fan of died. I cried.

[@blakemcdonald9355]

keep this at 47

[@andrewgaffney2546]

Just the thought of steez is bone chilling to me. I find it hard to listen to his music that he put out closer to his death

[@experimentalrapfans]

this video needs 4.7M views

[@OkageTheShadowKing_]

more like 47M views

[@blairhesson660]

The news of his passing is still shocking. He was a talented artist, ahead of his time, I could see him being apart of the new scene with earl, wiki, miike,navy etc. if he was here. RIP bro.

[@ianxtc3451]

Thx for showing the different worlds, the one Steez wanted and the other side. Ppl don’t get to understand that point often . Joey was marketable , Steez wasn’t because of how much he was willing to say , which was what the mainstream stuff hates.

[@heybro6302]

Steez was talking shit about niggas non stop, nobody wanted work with a "shooby, doobie, two seat" rapper that only get like 110 weirdos at a set.

[@12pope]

The industry is controlled by freemasons who guard the secrets aka black gate keepers and their jewish cohorts. steez mistake was trying to be signed in the first place.

[@heybro6302]

@@12pope you need to be put into a mental facility ASAP. Stop writing this weirdo shit

[@poloparachutes9983]

I remember waking up Christmas morning to news of steeze passing. Crazy man, mad talent. In the end Joey was 100% more marketable, I have friends who are on steeze’s methodology about deep spirituality and esoteric stuff and as a friend I can understand it and vibe with it but as a business? Hell no. It’s not palatable as a business. The spiritual rabbit holes get DEEp and honestly depressing. I wish Steeze would have got some help or spoke to a therapist. I can’t imagine how Joey feels, losing a friend is one thing but the narrative of it being your fault it’s crushing

[@tristanmoore9500]

"lets say 10 years they gonna say i didnt know steez had it like that"

[@kevinwasabi]

93 till infinity!! Rest In Peace Steelo. 47 forever.

[@wolfsbane7559]

Everytime I re-explore this story, I can't help but to get really sad, not only because he died, but also because he's one of fav rappers and, as weird as it sounds, I see so many parallels between him and I. I feel so hurt by this loss, even though I didn't even know about him until like 2017. Jus RIP Steelo, you'll be miss, I wish you could see how much love and support you have now and how you really could've grown your career.

[@zotspicksels137]

Bro thank you for doing steez a bit of justice in this. RIP KING STEELO

[@Dunetherapper]

I have a psychotic illness and during my first dive into madness I fell in love with pro era and their movement. It really guided me as a youth and capital steez was my favorite. It really pains me that he died I went to the first beastcoast tour and while it was great to see Steelo wasn't their because he had passed. Rip to a master MC

[@osozay3201]

I really can’t capture this one into words, Pro Era is something you just had to be there for #RIPSTEEZ #LIKEWATER

[@TheDamnWinner]

I honestly feel blessed to be very close in age to them and to have seen it like that. like i was sophomore when survival tactics dropped. I remember peeping it because some hip hop blog shared it when it had like a couple hundred thousand views. It was so fucking dope, and Steez along with Joey, Earl, Tyler, Kendrick Absoul, Asap Rocky, KRIT, and more im sure im missing were the people i always went to whenever an old head was tryna hate on new hip hop from the time. Honestly after the bling era and the absolute reign of people like Ross, Wayne, 50 it felt like “real hip hop” was coming back into a more mainstream light. Pretty fucking cool

[@garrybarrett5741]

i didn’t know who steez really was until survivors guilt came out, i had heard him in songs and some of his solo stuff but never really clocked it was him. i’m 19 too and i feel like i’m in the same boat he is. he has quickly become one of my favourite people, rip king capital steez.

[@stainSqaud]

Bro steez definitely had zero hate for Joey . That was all love , he just wished that the label would have had redistributed resources more equally.

[@tristanchuey]

I was just a kid myself when I discovered STEEZ and Joey at the end of November 2012. Then he passed. I was 14 at the time. Now I’m 24 about to be 25 and I think a lot about my childhood, influence, old fiends and drugs I was doing at a young age, And I also think about how STEEZ was just a kid himself but the thing he was saying in his raps was shit I didn’t even think about. The mind is a truly a complicated thing we all go through especially as children and young adults. I just wish he stuck around a little longer and maybe lay off the drugs a little bit, I personally think that played a part cause they were experimenting. He would’ve most likely been the next DOOM if he was still here but maybe the pressure from the music industry got to him. I miss the dude like a long lost friend and revisit AK47 every year. May he rest in power and found his peace where he went

[@vlon3lyboiii666]

Imagine being so woke so young and so early in hip hop around 2012 drill and chief keef were popping steez vision was ultimately swept under the rug and all his passion was basically written off as a waste this had tooo have a toll on him knowing no matter how dope he was the industry and mainstream fans wouldn’t digest his art the way it should I’m not condoning his suicide never I’m jus saying it had to be really tough on him personally I jus believe that many souls purpose on earth is bigger than there physical Kurt cobain steez xxxtentacion tupac nipsey they were more than jus rappers anyway rip steez #47

[@majortom331]

Im just imagining steez being alive during the initial soundcloud era, an all the things he could've done and the direction his music could've gone in. Its unimaginable.

[@Jor153]

I remember the day it happened I was 20, me and my bro always bumped Capital Steeze, Pro Era, Joey and them all the time. It hit me so hard when it happened I had to sit in a room by myself and just smoke and listen to all his songs as my eyes filled up. I always was saying at the time he was so much deeper lyrically then the rest of them and his music just hit me in my soul. Sucks he didn't realise the impact he was actually having on people, he really could of been one of the greatest....he is one of the GOATs to me that's for sure.

[@Lilcid5150]

Acid can cause mental health issues. As great as powerful as is it is, we should be aware that something beautiful CAN turn ugly.

[@l3and3an93]

Capital steez still one of my biggest influences a decade later

[@lokihasdied]

if he just stay like two years longer he would’ve seen rap change so much

[@thebadassniggatomtom]

Rip he was such a major influence and had an impact on my youth. I will forever listen to his music

[@TokyoExpressionless]

Long Live Steelo. I'll never forget him and the energy he poured into the craft. Thanks for taking the time to make this, I hope more people get to check out his music cause of this.

[@TheTimothyChannel]

such a talented soul and will continue to enlighten others with his legacy

[@prysm777]

This video helped me remember a lot of who i was. thank you. king capital was such an impactfull legacy for me when i started deep diving in hip hop in 2015. i remember studying so much spirituality to learn the true depths of his verses. he quite literally changed my life. in many ways. Thank you @ a burnt lightskin

[@Dg254_]

Amerikkkan korruption was a fire mixtape even back then. This era was the revival of rap

[@medicinewest]

Beautiful documentary, i think you really got a lot of his mindset and feelings that only few have understood. Most people don’t get the full picture of him as a kind of philosopher as well as a man enslaved to his own mind... Steez was really, and honestly way too ahead of his time and definitely got lost in having the more modern understanding of the world at such a young age. Appreciate this bro always keep that balance.

[@miguelgalindo5190]

Very great video! King CAPITAL STEEZ will forever be in my heart. He is one of the reasons why I see the word much more differently. I love him and what he stood for.

[@ak1a_22]

i've been looking for this vid for years bro, thank you for making this deadass

[@WhereThe12PackAt]

He passed away 12 days after my birthday, I will never forget hearing the news as a freshman in highschool. This manz music and message was so philosophically obscure and ambiguous. Whether he took his own life due to mental illnesses that were unchecked, or he was just a distressed man full of emotions, who believed every word he spoke about a shift n change in society. Either way, the world's gonna label you crazy. We love you Steez and we are grateful for the art you've given us🖤👽

[@cr-wi9cd]

I loved STEEZ. His music impacted me a lot and helped me through hard times. & it hurts that he didn't get enough recognition and appreciation for his beautiful creations while he was here. thank you for sharing this video and shedding some light on his story. 47shit.

[@AmigoKiki]

I appreciate dis video fr steelo has been one of my favorite artists for years and he never gets that hype he needed :(

[@SingBeenDope]

Gon but not forgotten. Been a steez fan for quite some time after his passing sadly glad to see this video some good digging and gems you got on here def hard to find older steez stuff. To bad we never got nothing after his passing i alwasy felt like guys like steez had tons of heat saved or atleast some but we will never know. RIP! Infinity and Beyond changed my life and ill never forget it.

[@broomstickcollective1018]

I grew up in South Carolina, Steez put me on so much when I was just getting into pro era through other nyc based artists around 2012, I was so infatuated with nyc culture and the aesthetic Steez had was so captivating bc if you're from where I am you'd know we lack a variety of culture to say the least. He really put me onto spirituality and numerology at a very young age and to see things come full circle with how things are nowadays is wild. I recently got to visit Brooklyn a couple times this year and really walk the same streets they did, I visited the building in Manhattan and just smoked for about 4 hours, such a surreal feeling. Long Live Steelo, He's still out here man you just have to keep you eyes open and stay balanced.

[@idid69ok]

im only now realizing he was 19 when he passed, tragic stuff. me and my homies would bump his stuff religiously in high school. even remember getting in trouble for having the 47 logo on all my sneakers at the time lol. rip steez

[@lafr0manl518]

I got emotional when watching this. Love for posting the era of steez ❤️

[@VYLAN]

Thank you so much you’re appreciated more than you know

[@cosmicrealm1567]

The second i scrolled past this vid, Steez started peakin thru my playlist

[@heyjackieg]

well said, thank you for the time and energy for this ! - Jackie G

[@okk341]

Thanks for this 🙏

[@eluvsa]

Steez was truly an inspiration, and it hurts knowing that the world lost such a talented young man with potential like no other. This video made me wanna cry. I listen to a lot of his music and it gives me an indescribable feeling. May his soul rest in peace. #LongLiveSteelo

[@tmacthaskydiver8310]

I remember when the footage of him performing that song was released.. something eerie about it til this day Still can't believe they never released King Capital 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@TheDamnWinner]

Im kinda glad they didnt in a way. I guess i dont know much about it like how much of it was done, but after seeing the disgusting puppeteer “weekend at bernies” act they pulled with people like XXXTENTACION and Juice Wrld I’m a little relieved. Like not only did they stitch together and release X’s unfinished album Skins he had been working on before death, but they legit like took a bunch of fuckin random ass recordings and snippets and one off like hooks he had recorded accapella and all sorts of other shit to make “Bad Vibes Forever”. That was fucking nasty man. Im not even gonna lie man im 26 and i was a huge fan of X, regardless of “lyricism” or “real hip hop” whatever, his music emotionally touched me ina way i needed at the time and after he died and i heard Bad Vibes i fuckin cried. It was like i was listening to a message someone who died left for me, except someone actually just stiched together old random voicemails and clips of them talking to make it in order to trick me into giving them money and I know X wouldn’t have fucked with that AT ALL. I guess his mom was the ultimate deciding factor in all that, and she did it for money that will probably (hopefully) go to help raise his child and keep her sustained, so likely he wouldve wanted it to happen anyways. But, i know he wouldnt have fucked with that album or how it was created. It was fucking weird. Also, i hella doubt any of his family was hurting for money before BVF anyways

[@tmacthaskydiver8310]

@@TheDamnWinner I definitely feel where you're coming from man. I'm 27 and a big fan of X and Juice Wrld, even though it was much earlier than when they passed I'm sure something similar would've happened with Steez. There's an old video of him saying King Capital was done and I'm sure there would have been hoops to jump through or beats/samples to clear I still would've liked to have heard it. Even if someone leaked it, I feel like the world needs to hear that.

[@TheDamnWinner]

@@tmacthaskydiver8310 yeah if it was done it might’ve been fine, like i said i never heard about how finished it was. I just dont want them to do what they did with X and Juice

[@12pope]

@@tmacthaskydiver8310 They probably cannibalize it bet some of those bars rounded up on some other "artist" records.

[@tmacthaskydiver8310]

@@12pope oh I feel like that's almost guaranteed. They were already using his lines while he was still with us, his passing probably only made it worse bro 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@raloextraslabs7858]

Thank you for this ❤️

[@sammyward8798]

Man this one was a good one brotha its such a sad story of a young talented man

[@tripleblue1]

Thanks for this video, can't believe it's been like a whole decade since his death. I remember when 1999 dropped and pro era got big. I was listening to them in college but I didn't know much about Steez or pro era in depth. That whole era when Pro Era was becoming well known was such a special time along with Odd future and so many unique rappers being found through blogs.

[@noah-vb8zn]

yo i came from tiktok but i wanted to say you did an amazing job on this video. i appreciate you sharing his story and putting so much effort in

[@aburntlightskin]

Thanks for watching

[@ZayOFFICIALPAGE]

Steez the one and only! There will never be another, remember discovering his music and going thru everything you know when you can’t stop listening to an artist ? Around that time he passed . I’ll never forget the impact them lyrics had and the death RIP

[@trapstarbuwop]

happy af to see steez is getting recognition cause i was feeling like niggas really forgettin bout him

[@MrGoobleMan]

Had me in tears. Forever Steez

[@cozmicsound33]

Heard steez for the first time literally that December he left us, it was wild. I was in science class sophomore year when my boy that knew I listened to pro Era asked me if I heard about it, had to be 12/24/12. That was the first time I became a fan of somebody who died. To this day it still gets me. Especially the deeper you go into him, his lyrics,a d his lifestyle. He was thinkin the way a lot of us do now, but at 19. Poor guy. I always wonder, what did he see that was so unbearable that he couldn't be here? As long as the people that clicked on this video keep playin his music, he'll never die, always cherished, RIP Steelo

[@preciousjacob6108]

He was into the dark arts. In the thumbnail he is wearing the Baphomet. I also saw him in another documentary. He was a talented individual, but he shouldn’t have been delving in that life style.

[@jennydeaf9O9]

incredible documentary, informative and respectful but blunt. thank you for this, rest in peace capital steez.

[@undercoverjae]

man this was put together so well

[@jessrogo]

I'm teary-eyed.... his soul was and is like no other ~

[@KingNoLuv]

I still remember when I randomly discovered Steez and then ProEra on KZbin back in Early 2012 they really impacted my taste in music through high school, as a 16 year old it was inspiring listening to kids my age making waves online. RIP Steez you are missed gone way way too soon 🕊️👁️🙏🏽

[@GrandSchemes]

This Is An Important One ☝🏽 Brother I Appreciate You For This…Straight Up

[@WetAlloy5316]

He was a true MC❤💯 This video is community service thank you so much

[@1087Jorge]

man I wish he was still here man, one of the greatest talents I heard who moved on too soon, I was 13 when I found out about Steez, it made extremely sad to know he was gone when I found him, cause he was off the charts, he changed my way viewing things in life, in a way he’s one of my inspiration why I decided to make music, I hope I could one day be on the level he was, forever will rep that 47 shit, LONGLIVESTEELO R.I.P King Steez

[@jabzartist]

Such a sad story man ive always heard about capital steez but never properly had a dive into his catalogue but deffo will after this thankyou for the breakdown king gnna subscribe now.

[@warox4057]

Still listen to this man every day on the way to work. So much talent and room for more .. gone to soon

[@santiagodelatorre8741]

Joey Bada$$'s new album "2000" won't be the same without steez :( RIP STEEZ

[@drugskill1657]

3:17 - "eye switched styles and the them nxxxxxx steel biting"

[@rag_az]

Steez got me off crack, made me change my entire life, I thank him for that, 47 rep forever

[@ecoloid9032]

Got here from Nigeria.. and it's all live to steezzzzzz.. God bless a soul Inlove with numbers..

[@Vibes.d]

Thank you for making this STEEZ world 4ever7!!!

[@seanjanssen2898]

Survival Tactics was one of the first rap tracks that got me into the genre. From the first time I heard Steez, I just got rap as an art form like I never had before. The flow, the emotional intensity, the layers of meaning in his lyrics. Whenever I get to a dark place I always think about Steez, because it makes me realise how much potential is lost by not choosing life. I think he would have changed the world for the better even more than he already has. It breaks my heart to think about all the incredible things he would have done, but I'm so grateful for his life and the art he left behind. Rest easy King Steelo.

[@joemomma6317]

Damn bro you actually taught me stuff I ain’t know yet. Great video

[@eelnai2503]

Instant subscribe. You covered this well.

[@dc4matt145]

Steez story makes me cry every time cause this man was a revolutionary

[@4zap7]

The world preys on the gifted and most young kings get their head chopped. i still cling to the belief steez had something about him i and most could not begin to comprehend. i have came to the conclusion the true path to enlightenment for me doesn’t involve psychedelics and esoteric means. Despite dropping most of those beliefs beyond modern science i still have confidence in believing steez was in tune with something more divine than a vast majority of others . Whatever that may be is beyond me but is something i respect on a profound level

[@paulisthelegend]

facts

[@npawkazekage026]

Damn it’s clear Steez is still living on through the impact he mad to us when we were all young. Man was a legend, he know his potential, and it’s must have been frustrating af to be put as 2nd fiddle when he knew what he genius was capable of. Long Live steelo, forever in our hearts.

[@npawkazekage026]

Hold cow My grammar is shit

[@deepvision8812]

such a great video i keep finding myself coming back to it

[@aburntlightskin]

I appreciate that man

[@deepvision8812]

@@aburntlightskin ofc bro I’ve binged ur content after watching this video such quality content for a small channel u deserve more recognition

[@High9_]

I appreciate this. Thank you or putting this together. #LLCS #47

[@carsoncloyes8299]

This shit almost made me cry man-such a genuine mc who never found his light in the world. He deserved everything and he knew it. RIP STEELO😢

[@bingflosby]

Great video only one ive seen with this much detail I think most other people are afraid to talk about some of the issues with joey and the industry but u covered everything it's sad when we let others determine our value

[@aburntlightskin]

Thanks for watching

[@spursnation4737]

Man, no doubt one of the best informative steez videos/ “mini documentary “ I’ve ever seen. A lot of things on here that I didn’t know about and that’s coming from one of Steez biggest fan. Props to you brotha, and subbed.

[@BenGrippin1]

Solid work.

[@jakobdee3274]

Wish Steez was around still to see where he'd be musically, and as a person. I discovered him way after his passing, but respect him so much in the present.

[@nomaxxin]

I was there for this whole movement… Steez was incredible, really took “entendre rap” to the next level. Not in terms of impact but in terms of skill, much like jay z and Wayne did. It was inspiring to me at the time, don’t think I would have thought to begin making music without it because of how inspiring and intricate his rhyme scheme was. Check out spitter splitters freestyle, he was just a kid. “I lie, I cheat and I steal, I know”

[@finncockings4463]

Rip Steez. Absolute legend. His story is so sad, and the ending so darkly poetic, fitting of who he was. Fly high Steelo!

[@erich6950]

Will never be forgotten 🌶🙏gonna be running his music up till the end

[@swoovy4962]

Hes back! ❤️❤️

[@aburntlightskin]

Yessir

[@chronicfrequency4677]

Steez was way ahead of his time. RIP to a lyrical legend. Edit: Maybe he wasn’t wrong. Ever heard the song or term “it’s the end of the world as we know it.” Well look at 2012 and 2022. The world we knew and love is long gone. The world was a much better place when he left.

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

Quality video, well researched.

[@Idontlikeanyoneanywhere]

I remember waking up to a text that Cap Steez was dead. Dude i cried so bad and didn't leave the room. He was my favorite and last time i was fully hyped and obsessed about anything Capital Steez said, did, or rapped. I remember talking to dude on his Tumblr just about life. Man was so cool and down to earth. I miss him. It's almost 10 years now...

[@JodieMeekZ]

I remember hearing about his passing the day of. As a 15 year old, despite him not being much older than me at the time, I couldn’t help but feel like I lost an idol. Nothing has ever fucked up my Christmas like that. Hope his family has been able to move forward with this tragedy, with the support of his friends he called brothers. RIP STEELO!

[@WhereThe12PackAt]

Wait til your all-time favorite idols and people you look up to for perseverance and drive for life, pass away 🙏🏼, RIP STEEZ

[@simoneskeilless8674]

Great vid seen in tik tok and now I’m here

[@aburntlightskin]

Thanks for watching

[@nathmukherjee8865]

Great video man!

[@bloccboypolo5335]

Do more videos like this bro, they fire