Dewar attended Edward R. Murrow High School and classmates remembered him as a "smiling kid with a short afro and skinny jeans" who made friends quickly, skated, smoked cannabis frequently and was a sneakerhead.

[4] Raised as a Christian, Dewar abandoned those beliefs during high school, instead beginning to favor Rastafari which would later come to be a core part of his life.

Dewar's beliefs changed once again as he began watching Spirit Science: a popular YouTube series dealing with metaphysical and spiritual theories.

The group was conceived while the pair were on their way home from a Steez performance at a local Brooklyn cafe, which a number of friends including Joey Badass and Dirty Sanchez also attended to show support.

The tape now runs 21 tracks in total and features many of his Pro Era teammates, such as CJ Fly, Chuck Strangers, Joey Badass, Dirty Sanchez, and Jakk the Rhymer.

Steez's spiritual outlook included elements of Egyptian mysticism, numerology, astral projection and the Indian chakra system.

He believed the number 47 was the "perfect expression of balance in the world", representing the tension between the heart and the brain (the fourth and seventh chakra, respectively.)

[4] On the night of December 23, 2012, Capital Steez made his way to the rooftop of the Cinematic Music Group headquarters in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, where he texted a few of his closest friends he loved, and at 11:59 p.m. EST, posted a tweet saying, "The end.

[16] On August 26, 2016, the official Pro Era YouTube channel released an animated music video for his song, "Herban Legend", which premiered at the second annual Steez Day Concert in Los Angeles, California, on July 7, 2016.

This tweet caused fans and music journalists to speculate the release date for Steez's posthumous album King Capital.

[23] In December 2017, Joey Badass unveiled a customized chain depicting Capital Steez's face in a similar vein of a Jesus Piece.

[25] On March 2, 2016, fellow Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave, in the midst of a feud with Joey Badass, commented on the death of Capital Steez on Sway in the Morning, stating: "He didn't pass away; he killed himself.