“The Waters” (J Bookout, Clef God, & Cris Waters)
This episode of Ray Ray's Podcast is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters and Litt Vacations, in partnership with Pandora. In 2025, Ray Ray’s Podcast will celebrate five years, and we will be bringing back some of our favorite guests and introducing amazing new guests. In this episode, we sat with Music artists J Bookout (@jbookoutmusic), Clef God (@clefgod), and Cris Waters (@criswaters). We got to know the guys, discussed their projects, and much more. We would like to give a big shout-out to Tite for providing our intro music from his single "Get'n Paid" featuring Chalie Boy. Our podcast is recorded on the 10th floor of Hello Studios. Visit our Website www.RayRaysPodcast.com for all of our fantastic content. Continue to follow us on all social media IG @rayrays_podcast Facebook.com/RayRaysPodcast and TikTok @rayrayspodcast. Follow us on YouTube. Like and Subscribe on YouTube Please.
James Bookout
Artist / CEO/ ENTREPRENEUR
Born in Corpus Christi , 33 years old . Entrepreneur with multiple successful businesses . Worked in oil field for the past 13 years . Private consultant for multiple operating companies in south Texas for Frac ops and completion ops . Started music at 28 years old and have progressed to make a name for myself in the hip hop industry.
Clef God
Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Single Dad
Ryan Welch aka Clef God is a single dad in Texas trying to get his daughter a mansion with one song. As a producer and singer/songwriter himself he develops and produces a multitude of other artists as well with one mission: to leave an impact on the music industry for decades to come.
In 2018 Clef met The Co-Stars in LA who started syncing his records in TV and Film. In 2019 he landed his first placement on the show “Power” season 6 with the record “I Need That” which he produced, wrote, engineered and featured on alongside one of his artists he was developing named Imani.
By 2020 Welch had started producing records and shooting/directing videos for Hollywood A-listers including Snow Tha Product and AJ Hernz for whom he produced/engineered the records “Talk Back” and “Diamond Dance” and shot/directed the videos for both.
In 2022 Clef released his debut self produced album ‘The Fire’ which debuted at #8 on the iTunes Charts and landed a sync placement on HBO’s ‘The Hype’ season 2 with his record “The Door” thanks to The Co-stars. In addition he landed 2 more placements that season with 2 records he produced/wrote/engineered called “Harded” and “We Did It”. The same month he landed another sync placement with Imani on Tyler Perry’s “All The Queens Men” on BET with the record “Gold Skin” which he also produced/wrote/engineered.
In 2023 Clef dropped his self produced EP ‘Blockbuster’ which debuted at #6 on the iTunes Charts and from which he landed yet another placement on the new hit show ‘Bel-Air’ season 2 on peacock with his record “All … Read More
Cris Waters
Artist
Cris Waters is a 24 year old Artist from San Antonio Texas. A convicted felon, turned to a seminary student. In 2021, Cris Waters was sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary and he got out in 2022 to only continue down his path of darkness, crime, and drugs. Til one night, on August 19th 2023, he was about to go into a bathroom and overdose and he cried out to God for a sign, and right there he had an encounter with the living God and has been sold out for Jesus since then. In 2023 Cris landed a distribution deal with worldstar, on which he released the records “ Outside “, “ Love Scars “, and “ Soul Talk “ where after he released his debut EP “ Definition Of Growth “ and is currently working on his new catalog with his brother J Bookout and has done all of this with Clef who, as Cris says “ Is the greatest to ever do what he does producing and engineering wise “.
