Meaning
Money — from the paper banknotes it comes in. Common in dancehall and street slang, 'mek paper' means to earn money, 'chase paper' is to hustle for it, and 'a nuff paper dat' means that's a lot of money. A cousin of other money-slang like 'bread', 'ends', and 'smalls'.
Examples
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Mi a hustle fi mek some paper.
I'm hustling to make some money.
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Him have nuff paper.
He has plenty of money.
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Everybody a chase paper.
Everybody's chasing money.
Origin
From 'paper' (banknotes); slang for money. See [[smalls]], [[bruk-pocket]].
How it’s used
Money; 'mek paper' = earn money. See [[smalls]], [[bruk-pocket]].