Madonna’s son David Banda, 18, is ‘scavenging’ for food and selling guitar lessons in NYC despite mom’s $850M fortune – after moving out of her house: ‘It’s fun to be young’
Madonna’s son, David Banda, revealed that he is living a humble life in New York City, from selling guitar lessons to ‘scavenging’ for food due to not ‘having enough money.’
The 18-year-old musician – who is dating rising model Maria Atuesta, 21 – has moved out of his mother’s home and is now living in The Bronx.
On the topic of the pros and cons of living on his own, Banda expressed, per The Sun, ‘I love it. I’m not on my own, I’ve got my girlfriend. But I love it.’
He added, ‘It’s lovely to experience it being nine o’clock at night, me being hungry and realizing that I don’t have enough money to get food and scavenging. It’s fun to be young.’
To bring in extra funds, David notably gives guitar lessons online, and prospective students are able to book lessons off his main Instagram page – which currently boasts nearly 52k followers.
The guitarist notably joined the Material Girl hitmaker – who is worth around $600 million – on her Celebration Tour, which came to an end in May with a free concert in Rio de Janeiro.
He notably accompanied his mother on stage to play the guitar in front of live crowds as Madonna belted out lyrics to hit tracks.
Back in 2022, the songstress previously gushed about David during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
‘You know he makes music now, too,’ she expressed to Fallon, and sweetly added, ‘He’s going to end up being one of your guests.’
Is Madonna being too harsh about David’s finances?
Yes – NYC is very expensive
No – he needs to learn responsibility
After listing off some of his talents, which also includes humor and athleticism, Madonna talked about her son’s eye for fashion.
‘He’ll put on any outfit and look swag as you know what. It’s really irritating. He wears my clothes and looks better in them.’
While talking to British Vogue in 2019, she also said of Banda, ‘[He’s] the one I have the most in common with. I feel like he gets me; he has more of my DNA than any of my children so far.’