UJacob "Mpharanyana" Radebe (16 Ephreli 1948 - 21 Agasti 1979) wayengumculi waseNingizimu Afrika ongumculi nombhali wezingoma. Umculo wakhe uvame ukuhlukaniswa nge-jazz, i-fusion, iDisco, iSoul kanye ne-mbaqanga. Izingoma zikaRadebe zazibhalwe ngesiSuthu ikakhulukazi kodwa wayevamise ukucula ngesiNgisi. URadebe uzalelwe eKatlehong e-East Rand kanti nentshisekelo yakhe emculweni yaqala esemncane. Wayethathwa njengomunye wamazwi anamandla kakhulu emphefumulweni waselokishini. KwiSprings wayedlala neThe Peddlars kanti eKatlehong wayengumculi ohamba phambili weThe Weavelets. Elinye lamalungu aleli qembu bekunguLloyd Lelosa, ogcine ngokudlala ikhibhodi ku Stimela. Eminyakeni yama-60 kwaze kwaba sekushoneni kwakhe uRadebe wasebenza nenqwaba yabaculi abadumile baseNingizimu Afrika okubalwa kubo uRay Phiri noWest Nkosi abenza nabo iqembu iThe Cannibals. Wayaziwa ngokukhwehlela ngesikhathi ecula. Wayenokukhwehlela okungamahlalakhona, abakhiqizi ababezokuhlela phambilini, kodwa kamuva kwenziwa uhlobo lwentengiso yomculo. Mpharanyana and The Cannibals - Ulunywa Izinja Mpharanyana and The Peddlers - Morena Re Thuse Kaofela Mpharanyana and The Peddlers - Hela Ngwanana Mparanyana and The Cannibals - Zion Soul Mparanyana and The Cannibals - Nka Nako Ho Motseba Mparanyana and The Cannibals- Get Funky Mparanyana and The Cannibals- Highland Drifter ( ingoma eyacanjwa ngu Ray Phiri ngo 1973) "Superstar who never lost common touch". www.iol.co.za (in i-English).