Princess Anne has declined the opportunity to learn how to rap during an investiture at St James's Palace.
The offer was made by Bhishma Asare, 34, who created Rap Therapy to help young people develop their creativity and express themselves positively through rap.
The teacher, who uses lyrics to help "prevent social tragedies", was made an MBE for services to education and mental health awareness.
Mr Asare works as an English teacher at the Royal Russell School in Croydon and has been a long-time rapper.
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He said: "I was explaining the process and saying that we get children to write about a specific emotion, to explicitly mention that emotion so they can decipher those feelings.
"Then I said to her: 'Maybe I could teach you to rap?' She said she used to sing, and that is about it."
He added: "She kind of declined and said her time is up."
The English teacher explained that rap is a key tool in helping people communicate and express themselves to one another.
Mr Asare works as an English teacher at the Royal Russell School in Croydon
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He shared his plan has been "to grow and reach as many children as possible".
Mr Asare said: "I feel like this MBE is for me but I also feel that it is for the community that I serve.
"I think one of the best things about the MBE is that it gets us in spaces to have discussions where we would not necessarily have been able to have got into those spaces. I think that is quite important, especially in communities that are quite deprived.
"The overall mission is to help prevent social tragedies - things like ending up in mental health institutes, in prisons, not having the right outlets for expressions or even ending up dead sometimes, or in gangs."
Mr Asare was made an MBE for services to education and mental health awareness.
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The English teacher proposed the idea of rap therapy after a group of young people felt vulnerable and were potentially heading down the wrong path.
He said: "Rap is a very cool way to express yourself and, overall, it is a very popular genre of music.
"A lot of young people listen to rap, but they have never been taught how to rap or told this is what you can do to express yourself. When you think about rap, rhythm and poetry, what we wanted to do is to break the stigma of rap.
"There are clear rules when we do this - no swearing, no cussing or degrading anyone's race, religion or gender.
Mr Asare discussed the benefits of rapping for young people | PA"You can always say something in a different way. It gets children to think about their word choices."
The 34-year-old explained that he has seen children with high levels of anxiety come out of their shells and gain confidence.
He said the art of rapping has a long-lasting impact on youngsters.
Workshops aim to enhance communication among young people and foster positive expression methods, which can, in turn, benefit their mental health, he added.
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