There was a time when musicians were all, "No personal questions please. My music speaks for itself." But these days they're eager to reveal every last detail. Read below for the latest candid revelations from Kanye West, Pete Doherty, and Chris Cornell.

Kanye West invaded Austin, TX, Saturday for the last night of South by Southwest. But rather than perform a set of standard Kanye tunes, the hip-hop star played host to new artists on his label G.O.O.D. Music, including Consequence, GLC, and Big Sean. And he invited friends like Common, Erykah Badu, Fonzworth Bentley, and Kid Cudi to join the party onstage.

John Mayer has challenged Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak by singing over a hip-hop beat on his new track, which features the lyric: "I like sex / And I'm good at it." What's next? Mayer's ex, Jennifer Aniston, finds a personality? [YouTube]

This week's top stories had everyone talking: Kanye West mouthed off about Thom Yorke, the White Stripes disappointed on Conan's last night at Late Night, Chris Brown and Rihanna continued to cause controversy, and SPIN's Ellen Carpenter had some eyebrow-raising ideas about how to spend the $787 billion economic stimulus -- and blink-182's Mark Hoppus had something to say about it on his

Kanye West's Storytellers performance will premiere on VH1 February 28 at 9 p.m. EST -- but some of his more controversial comments regarding Radiohead and Chris Brown that he made during the taping will not make it to TV.