I'm going with Michael Smolensky's answer, since I heard that phrase from a brash loudmouth of an investment banker to mean in [greater] detail.. (Printers like me, who are the lowest form of animal life to bankers, wondered if the 'granular' meant wheat, bran, rye or just plain chaff...)
Definitions for thugging. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word thugging. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: thugging(Noun) thuggery; the behaviour of a thug.
It's black music and rap culture which has popularised the word thug in association with black people. Tupac and 'Thug 4 Life' come straight to mind. Thug is a word many in the black community see as their identity and that is then brought to the mainstream through music and gang culture. Does everything have to be someone else's fault?