Giriig was born in 1935 in Berbera, now Somaliland to a Warsangali Darod family, originally from Las Khorey on the Maakhir Coast.
In 1954, he was among a group of auditioners, from which he was selected to join a troupe of Oud singers.
Giriig's musical career began after that, which was marked by a number of hit songs.
Most of the latter were recorded during the Somali music scene's Golden Age in the 1960s.
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