Shane Madej is the man responsible for creating, writing, narrating, and songwriting the Hot Daga (it is generally thought he runs the Risky Fixin's SoundCloud). While Ryan Steven Bergara is the commissioner of what we now know as the Daga, nothing can compare to the work Madej himself has put in the Hot Daga.
At first, Madej introduced the primary characters in seconds-long animations, the first appearing in "The Boy In the Box - Q+A." Following a reappearance of the characters, in "The Missing Family - Q+A," he added plot to this animation, by creating Dan, Rebecca, and Pam (Pam was co-created by Ryan Bergara).
Originally planned to be a quadrilogy, the Hot Daga began picking up steam, and finally became a true serial due to his incomparable writing. With a storyline now set in place, he began to flesh out an overarching plot, stretching out for five seasons and yielding extremely high audience satisfaction. These characters inspired viewers worldwide that "as long as you’ve got your friends/There’s nothing you cannot do,source" and expanded the Postmortem's outreach.
Back in only the second episode of the Hot Daga, "The Missing Family - Q+A," he joked about having the characters on a T-shirt, when BuzzFeed: Unsolved had no merchandise at all. But in 2019, years later, Hot Daga characters were featured on a shirt, along with cup koozies, simply showing the influence of the meaningful show.
While Bergara's contributions to the Hot Daga are admirable, the true source of this story is Madej. Without him, the Hot Daga and all of its culture truly would not exist. And for that, we cannot be grateful enough.