Tendai is the first youth to chat the mic in Zimbabwe dancehall at "Y" Dub centre in Mbare at a tender age 13. Also, he is the first gospel singer to ride on a King Tubbys dub instrumental version in London UK.
BRITISH-based reggae gospel artist Tendai Gamure died on 1st August 2006 after a chest infection caused him to be hospitalised. Tendai was 38 years old and leaves behind a wife and three children.
Tendai was born in Mbare, Harare Zimbabwe where as Culture T he gained popularity on the reggae scene, recording albums and touring. In 1989 he relocated to London where he became a Rastafarian but in early 1995 under Zoe Ministries Tendai became a committed Christian. In 1998 the singer released the reggae gospel album 'Exceedingly Abundantly' through Awake Records.