Brooklyn's best Seafood & Caribbean Cuisine.

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Wray's has been serving quality food since 2011. Every day we put our utmost effort into bringing you the best in Caribbean and seafood cuisine. Jelani “Lani” Wray owns and operates Wray's Caribbean and Seafood Cuisine. Among the unique breakfast menu items Wray's offers are catfish or chicken waffles, with the waffles infused with Jamaican rum.

A tradition in Jamaica dating back to the mid-18th century, there were approximately 100 distilleries across the island nation in the heyday of the late1800s. Although there are relatively few distilleries remaining, they are still known for the superior quality of their product.

Another distinct aspect of Jamaican rum is that evaporation of spirits kept in barrels occurs much faster than in Northern European countries. What this means in practice is that a Caribbean rum barrel-aged for two decades has the same maturity level as a 60-year old single-malt Scotch.

Leading makers such as Appleton Estate combine several varieties of sugar cane to create a full-bodied flavor that can have notes ranging from buttery to toasted. When aged in oak, the mature rum has a complex, smooth quality with distinctive vanilla notes. Wray's Caribbean and Seafood Cuisine features a number of signature drinks that incorporate Jamaican rum.

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Take-Out at Wray’s Caribbean and Seafood Restaurant

Brooklyn resident and entrepreneur, Jelani (Lani) Wray's accomplishments include signing new talent as a music production manager for two record labels. Today, Jelani Wray is the proprietor of Wray’s Caribbean and Seafood Restaurant based in Brooklyn, New York, an establishment that features mostly islander favorites with a fusion of American soul.

Launched in 2011, Wray’s Caribbean and Seafood Restaurant serves Caribbean favorites such as saltfish and ackee, oxtails, curry (goat and chicken), codfish fritters, and empanadas. There is also a distinctive American flavor, as southern favorites such as gumbo and chicken (or catfish) and waffles are on the menu, and these are just a few of the distinctly American food items that make up the diverse menu.

The restaurant, like many, saw a reduction in patrons due to the lockdown, but the restaurant has made every effort to remain open, focusing on take-out and other safe dining options for patrons to safely order entrees for pick-up. Ordering food safely is made easy through apps such as Seamless, GrubHub, Caviar, and UberEats.

Some of the more popular specials are rice and peas with red snapper (a favorite for patrons), and Wray’s pasta served with shrimp, lobster, steak, chicken, or oxtail.

Jovanie's What's the Move, Pt. 2

In addition to owning and operating the restaurant Wray's Caribbean and Seafood Cuisine for the past six years, Brooklyn’s Jelani (Lani) Wray has served as a music production manager at Humble King Records since January 2020. Jelani Wray also served more than five years as a music production manager with Free Form Productions, during which time he succeeded in signing the singer and rapper Jovaine to Atlantic Records.

Scarcely a teenager at the time of the Atlantic signing, Jovanie Vitale (who performs under the single name Jovanie) is a pop-oriented R&B artist who sings and occasionally raps. Atlantic released his first and only major label album, What's the Move, Pt. 2, on October 30, 2015.

The album yielded three singles: its title track, “What's the Move,” as well as “Whip” and “Ooh Girl.” Atlantic also released music videos for each of these singles. As part of his promotional efforts for What's the Move, Pt. 2, Jovanie opened live performances for successful solo artist and frequent top-level collaborator Ne-Yo. 

The A3C Festival and Conference

Wray’s Caribbean and Seafood Cuisine owner Jelani Wray leverages his experience in music artist and repertoire management in informing his responsibilities as music production manager of Humble King Records. In 2013, Jelani “Lani” Wray was a panelist at the 2013 A3C Festival and Conference.

A3C Festival and Conference was created in 2005 to serve as a venue to showcase local hip-hop artists. Since its inception, A3C, which stands for All 3 Coasts, has matured into something more. Every year, the 5-day event gathers together hi-hop artists, fans, and supporters all over Atlanta to celebrate hip-hop as the genre of the new generation.

A3C educates and empowers hip-hop artists and creatives in a way that shapes the hip-hop culture. In this sense, A3C accomplishes five things: First, A3C creates meaningful and memorable experiences; second, it promotes the development of original content; third, it creates opportunities for creativity and discovery; fourth, it sparks connection and spurs worthwhile relationships; and fifth, it incentivizes collaboration and inclusion.

The 5-day event is divided into two parts: the Festival and the Conference. The Conference, which runs for three days, features panels, sessions, and workshops with hundreds of experts known in the hip-hop industry. The 2-day Festival honors music industry legends and others who have blazed the trail for the industry. The Festival serves as the venue where the next generation of hip-hop stars showcase their talents.